Fig. 11: Haji Yunus, a BSP candidate. Local religious leaders bless a Muslim candidate of Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh, in an election campaign poster in Urdu.

Fig. 14: Vir Partap, by L.N. Sharma, offset chromolithograph, published by P.P.C., Bombay, early 1950s.

Asahyog Baan Varsha (rain of non-cooperation arrows) by Roop Kishor Kapoor, c. 1931, Shyamsunder Lal, Cawnpore, 18 x 24.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

RIDER, THE BEST..,50'S PRICE 13 PS, CERTIFIED BY KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES COMMISSION, MFD. BY: SWAMINATHAN MATCH WORKS NAGALAPURAM – 627904.  Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.339.001]

JAI KISAN (VIVA FARMER!) SAFETY MATCH, PRICE 6 P. VMICS, VENKATESHWARA MATCH INDL COOP. SOCY. LTD. TANDUR, (A.P.). Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.108.005]
 

POTH. PRICE 13. P.S. REGD KVIC. 50'S SAFETY MATCHES. AYYAPPAN MATCH FACTOY ANAIKUTTAM (VIA) SIVAKASI. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.273.001]

 

RED BELL SAFETY MATCH. ® CERTIFIED BY K & V I C. PRICE 20 PS. MFD. BY : MANJUNATH MATCH WORKS, BANGALORE. SAFETY MATCH. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.322.007]

 

LIFE BELT, SARASWATI MATCH FACTORY, KOIL PATTI, SAFETY MATCHES, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.057.002]

“HOME RULE”, MADE IN JAPAN, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.053.003]

A devotee carries a hen to be sacrificed to the goddess. Cattle, goats, and cocks are frequently sacrificed in the course of the festival. Digital Photograph, Tirupathi, Hyderabad, 2008.

Fig. 15: Cover of the Hindi novel Abhagi ka pyar (the Love of the Luckless One) by Ravi.