Tasveer Ghar: Essay Listing

Fig. 04: Artist working on beautification mural. The series he is working on depicts the story of Kannagi and is copied from the famous Amar Chithra Katha comics. Greenways Road, Chennai, April 2010. Photograph by the author.

Fig.45: Sree Narayana Gurus Photograph. Reproduced from K.N Shaji, Narayana Guru: Jeevitham, Krithikal, Dharshanam (Narayana Guru: Life, Works, Philosophy), Current Books, Kottayam, 1995.

Satguru Ravidan Ji Maharaj. Printer/publisher: Not Known. Purchased from a bookshop in Khanna; also available in Ballan. Copyright: Not Mentioned. Details: A typical Ravidas image. The text above the halo reads: Satguru Ravidas Ji Maharaj

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Fig. 25 An advertisement highlighting the importance of style, published by menZsalon, Dhaka in 2017. Web link: https://www.facebook.com/Menzsalon/

Fig. 1: Unidentified image: an example of the ‘bare-shoulder pose’ and how women’s portraits exude abstract notions of sexuality and ‘heat’ (John Berger, Ways of Seeing, 1973).

Fig. 09: ‘One-Man Show’ by Oommen, The Leader, 14 August 1947, p. 4. Courtesy British Library, London.

KHELADI, SAFETY MATCHES, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady collection, New Delhi, India. [2.002.005]

WELDONE, PEEVY MATCHES, DAMP PROOF, PRICE RE. 0.06, TRICHUR. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [11.284.003]

H.H.THE MAHARAJA GAEKWAR OF BARODA, 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. [19.120.011]

RAHI (also in Hindi Text). SAFETY MATCHES 50'S PRICE 13 PS. PANDIAN. LAKSHMI MATCH WORKS, KADAYANALLUR. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.298.004]

Mother India by AKS, c. 1948, Oriental Calendar Manufacturing Company, Dumdum, Print, 17.5 x 25 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [# 101]

LOVELY, SAFETY MATCHES, 50’S 15/20 Ps., SUPER DELUXE, (1) NAGAJOTHI MATCH WORKS, PERNAICKENPATTHI, (2) MUTHUMARI MATCH INDUSTRIES, KOVILPATTI, (3) JEYARAM MATCH WORKS, PERUMALPATTI, Printed matchbox labels, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.094.001]
(Same image used by 3 different companies)

HIND MATA, SAFETY MATCHES, MADE IN SWEDEN, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 2 sizes: 3.5 cm x 5 cm and 7 x 10 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.044.003]

Fig. 05: Artist Munusamy working on beautification mural that depicts poetry from the Sangam age. Poonamallee Road, Chennai, February 2010. Photograph by the author.

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