Jinnah, c. 1947. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

SAMSON, PRICE RE. 0.06, DEVASAKAYAM MATCH WORKS ELLAYARAMPANNAI. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [11.014.005]

H.H. THE NIZAM, MADE IN JAPAN. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.113.003]

PUPS. DAMP PROOF. PRICE RE. 0.04. PRICE RE. 0.05. JAYAPRAKASH MATCH WORKS, KOVILPATTI. SAFETY MATCHES.  Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.280.004]

ROCKET. PRICE RE. 0.04. EL. 4 NO. 20|59. ST. JOSPEH'S MATCH FACTORY PULLAZHI. SAETY MATCHES.  Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.345.006]

 

LAL ROSE, 50’S PRICE 20 P., SAFETY MATCHES, PARVATHI MATCH WORKS, SATTUR, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.045.002]

GREAVES-COTTON & Co. Ltd., KARACHI-BOMBAY-CALCUTTA-AHMEDABAD, Trade mark. ENGINEERS, TEXTILE, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL, G.C. SAFETY MATCHES, MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA BY SOLO WORKS, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [24.241.003]

Posters like these link various leaders to the shrines of the mother goddess. The poster prominently displaying the pictures of small time politicians was displayed on the wall behind the Matha Yellamma Devalayam, near Yashoda Hospital in Secunderabad. Digital Photograph, Joe Christopher, Hyderabad, 2009

The miracles of Ravidas. Printer/publisher: Yamuna Pustak Bhandar, Mathura. Purchased from a roving bookseller at Ravidas Temple on the banks of Ganga in Banaras. Book Cover: Shri Ravidas Kathasagar compiled by Vivek Kumar, date not known. The cover shows several miracles credited to Ravidas. As in the previous image, a hand holding a bangle appears out of the small container placed in front of the saint.

Fig. 05 Studio Salon, the first unisex salon in Dhaka, Bangladesh, published by: wikimake.blogspot.com in 2016. Web link: https://wikimake.blogspot.com/2016/02/top-10-hair-salons-in-bangladesh.html

Fig. 02: Display of history paintings at Bhai Mati Das Museum, Delhi. Photograph: author.

Fig. 27: Capt. Lakshmi Saluting National Flag, offset chromolithograph, published by National Art Gallery, Bombay, c. 1946–47.

Quaid Azam ki Akhri Safar (last journey of the great leader, Jinnah) by Das Gupto, c. 1949, 18 x 24 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.