MAHARAJA OF BHOWNUGER. MADE IN AUSTRIA. SAFETY-MATCH. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.118.005]
 

THE RABBIT. (Tamil Text). THE PIONEER MATCH WORKS SIVAKASI.  Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.291.007]

THE KEY SAFETY MATCH. PRICE RE. 0.05. JAMES COTTAGE MATCH WORKS. ELLAIRAPANNAI. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.372.007]

LIMES, PRICE RE. 0.06., SITHI VINAYAGAR MATCH WORKS, KOVILPATTI, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.065.004]

LOCKER. WAX MATCHES. 50'S PRICE 25 PS. RAJAKUMAR MATCH WORKS N. MUTHUSAMYPURAM, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.082.001]

Fig. 12: An advertisement for Brooke Bond A-1 Dust Tea; circa 1960s-1970s. From the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.

Ravidas in a contemplative mood. Printer/publisher: Not Known. Purchased from a stationary shop selling posters in Jalandhar. Ravidas is shown in brightly coloured silks, his right hand held in gesture of blessing. The caption reads: Sant Ravidas Ji (Saint Ravidas Ji).

Fig. 20 Exterior view of Five Star AC Salon and Gents Parlour, Dhaka. Photograph taken during fieldwork, 2017.

Fig. 17: The protector of the nation. Illustration from Guru Tegh Bahadur: Hind Di Chadar, p. 19. Published by Guru Tegh Bahadur Educational and Charitable Trust, Gurgaon. c. 2011. Photograph: author.

Fig. 04: ‘Which Way Will the Cat Jump?’ by Ahmed, The Hindustan Times, 25 April 1947, p. 5. Courtesy British Library, London.

M. Gandhi Jeevani (life history of M. Gandhi) by Laksmilal Nandilal, Nathdwara, c. 1950, Hemchander Bhargava & Co., 22.5 x 32 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#264]

THREE HEADS, SATTUR ORIGINAL MATCH CO., SATTUR. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [11.176.003]

H.H.THE MAHARAJA OF KASHMIR AND JAMMU, MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, SOLO MATCH WORKS. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.120.007]