Interpreting true bargain for another bargain-I.  Artist: Sharr Purchased from a bookshop in Khanna Ravidas as leader of Kabir and two other unknown saints are being served food by Nanak and his associate Mardana.

Fig. 26 A facial in progress at amenssalon in Dhaka, photograph published in the Dhaka Courier, 2017. Web link: http://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/mens-care-a-thriving-new-business-in-bangladesh/

Fig. 2: Suraiya in Khubsurat (dir. S.F. Hasnain, 1952) seems to radiate an ‘aura’ or what may be defined as a quality of mystery, intensified by means of the play of shadow on the face.

Fig. 10: ‘Chalti Dunya’ by Ahmed, The Hindustan Times, 2 March 1947, p. 5. Courtesy British Library, London.

KILLER, Price RE. 0.06, THANGASWARI MATCH WORKS, KOVILPATTI, TMW. Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady collection, New Delhi, India. [2.003]

WESTERN HUNTER. PRICE RE. 0.06. RAJENDRAN MATCH WORKS. ELLAIRAMPANNAI. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [11.284.005]

INDIAS PRIDE. H.H.THE MAHARAJA OF JODHPUR, MADE IN AUSTRIA. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.121.001]
 

RAIN & MOON MATCHES. VEERAPPA MATCH FACTORY SATTUR. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.299.005]

 

Untitled (probably Bharat Mata) by Ravi Varma, painting, 20 x 15 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [# 108]

LOVELY FLOWER, 50’s RETAIL PRICE RE. 0.06., ASOKA MATCH WORKS, VETAPALEM, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.095.003]

HIND MATA, SAFETY MATCHES, WIMCO, MADE IN INDIA, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., different sizes: approx. 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.044.004]

Fig. 06: 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.