Fig. 16: Padkaar, Kanu Bhagdev, novel cover.

RATHNA. 50'S PRICE. 15 PS. SAFETY MATCHES. THANGAM MATCH WORKS CHATRAPATTI. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.322.002]

 

Fig. 17: Shivaji, by Khubiram Gopilal, original gouache for chromolithograph, commissioned by S.S. Brijbasi, mid-1930s. Courtesy of M.L. Garg.

Fig. 08: "BJP gave educational infrastructure, Congress gave only worries", an election campaign ad in an Urdu newspaper, persuading Muslims to vote for Bhartiya Janata Party, comparing the achievements of BJP and the woes created by Congress. "Recognize your friends and foes. BJP wants equality among all communities, while Congress divides them."

Fig. 10: Welcome. Note that the same woman is twinned in another version on the top right. This style of twin apsaras gets applied to real life beauties too (bottom right). (Artist: V.V.Sapar, Publisher: Jothi)

Fig. 24: Namesteji. Presentation Calendar of Star Jewellers, Delhi (Artist: G.A. Raj, 1987)

Fig. 02: "Today we can't afford sugar, what a dark rule Congress has had", an election campaign by the Bhartiya Janata Party, stressing on the rising inflation that has affected everyone. "The BJP promises to bring some sweetness in the lives of the people, 2009.

POST BOX (Also in Hindi Text). 50's 17 PS. SAFETY MATCHES. DAMP PROOF. THIRU ARUNA MATCH WORKS, R. REDDIAPATTI. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.273.004]

 

RAJINI, WAX MATCHES, 50’s PRICE 40 Ps., THIRUTHANI MATCH FACTORY, S.L.PATTY – 624 006, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm each broad side, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [20.038.008]

DELUXE, 9 Ps, RAJ, JOTHI MATCH WORKS, SATTUR. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.300.007]

Mahatma Gandhi, c. 1935, 25 x 38 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

Shrimati Kasturbai Gandhi by Ramshankar (?), c. 1930, Rashtrya Chitra Prakashak Karyalaya, Cawnpore. From the Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

Fig. 03: From the website www.minarette.ch, by the eastern Swiss minaret opponents (Ostschweizer Minarettgegner).

Fig. 18. Raghav takes a Viagra pill. A screenshot. Raman Raghav 2.0. Dir. Anurag Kashyap, Phantom Films, Reliance Entertainment, DVD, 2016.