Tasveer Ghar: Essay Listing

Fig. 39: Alauddin Khilji muses on the beauty of Padmini, even as he is warned about the valour of the Rajputs. Panels from Manoj Chitra Katha’s Gora Badal (c. early 1980s).
Artist: Ram Waeerkar.

PATCHI RAJA. SAFETY MATCHES. PRICE RE. 0.06. VIJAYARANI MATCH INDUSTRIES KALUGUMALAI. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.241.004]

Mir Jafar, c. 1900, Chitrashala Poona, Oleograph, 70 x 50 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

MAN, SETHURAM MATCHWORKS SANTHIYUR, MAN, THE DURAISAMY MATCHWORKS SANDAIYUR, PRICE RE 0.06, PRICE RE 0.06. Colour printed matchbox label on card, vertical, 3.5 cmx 5 cm, mid-late 20^th C, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.126.005]

PARASURAM. SUPERIOR QUALITY. SAFETY MATCHES. PRICE 6. NP. DAMP-PROOF. GOBINATH 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. [2.233.005]

SOUL OF INDIA SAFETY MATCHES. (MADE IN HINDUSTAN). Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.038.009]

Fig. 17: Cover of The Blaft Anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction.
https://www.blaft.com/products/the-blaft-anthology-of-gujarati-pulp-fiction

Freedom is Our Birth Right by Sudhir Chowdhury, c. 1946, 20 x 15 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#421]

Fig. 05: Raatrani, artist N. Manwar, novel cover.

At this nondescript shrine next to a tree, a Shiva linga appears next to the icon of the mother- goddess resting on a pedestal that is said to represent her brother Pothuraju. This shrine is located in Osmania University. Digital Photograph, Joe Christopher, Hyderabad, 2009.

One of many nondescript shrines located in the busy intersection near the Secunderabad railway station. The shrine is an island in the sea of traffic. Digital Photograph, Alice Samson, Hyderabad, 2009.

There are plenty of shrines like these around the city. Given the absence of explanatory boards or inscriptions, it is very difficult to know to which goddess the shrine is dedicated. On the either side of the entrance of the shrine, images of Pothuraju brandishing a whip are drawn or painted. These shrines are always painted red and yellow. Red stands for kumkum, and yellow for pasupu or turmeric. This shrine is located in Osmania University. Digital Photograph, Alice Samson, Hyderabad, 2008

Offering of bonam (meal offering) to the goddess, on the occasion of Bonalu at a shrine located in Osmania University. Digital photograph, Tirupathi, Hyderabad 2008.

A small shrine dedicated to the mother goddess located on the campus of Osmania University, Hyderabad. Digital Photograph, Alice Samson, Hyderabad, 2008.

Fig. 61: SAHAR KE CHORI (City girl). Publisher: HANSLEY MUSIC ENTERPRISE\LTD. (MAURITIUS) MUSIC CD.

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