Fig. 09: Cover of the Hindi novel Sooni Kalayyian (Bare Wrists) by Manoj [“I’m so ill-fated that even if my shadow falls on a tree, it dies down…”. An emotional story by Manoj which will soften your heart…]

Fig. 06: Cover of the Hindi novel Nishani (A Memento) by Surendra Mohan Pathak (Sunil Series).

Fig. 03: Cover of the Hindi novel Doctor Dev. This highly popular and appreciated novel of Amrita Pritam is a passion-filled tale of Mamata who resists the entire world to secure her true love.

Fig. 06: K. Madhavan, ca. 1970, courtesy of K. Pankajachiammal, Chennai.

Fig. 03: Artist: K. Mahadevan.

Fig. 01: Puja, Mutharam, magazine cover, date unknown. Collection: S. Marieswaran.

Fig. 15: Beauty in the forest, magazine illustration, date unknown. Collection: S. Marieswaran.

Fig. 12: Mother and child, calendar illustration for Madura Medicals, date unknown. Collection: S. Inglis.

Fig. 09: Rural scene by R. Natarajan, magazine illustration, date not known. Collection: S. Marieswaran.

Fig. 06: JFK and Nehru with Kruschev watching, magazine illustration, ca. 1960 Collection: S. Marieswaran.

Fig. 03: Musical meeting, Uma, magazine cover, October 1956. Collection: S. Marieswaran.

Gandhi Aur Krishna: Gandhi & Krishna. Print bearing the signature of Ramnarain P. Published by Imperial Calendar Manufacturing, Delhi, circa 1930s? Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi. Note that fact that Nehru and Gandhi—both sitting with bare-feet on a pa