Interpreting true bargain for another bargain-II. Purchased from a street vender in Amritsar near the Golden Temple. Ravidas as leader of Kabir and two other unknown saints are being served food by Nanak and his associate Mardana.
Fig. 3: Nargis in Darogaji (dir. Akhtar Hussein, 1949) poses as and plays a demure woman, head lowered in expectation, and hand held close to the face in perpetual inaction.
Fig. 11: ‘Coming Up!’ by Ahmed, The Leader, 15 January 1947, p. 4. Courtesy British Library, London.
KILTIE, Price RE. 0.05, CHOUDHURY BROS CALCUTTA. Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady collection, New Delhi, India. [2.003.003]
WIN, SAFETY MATCHES, 50's Price, 25 Ps., VELUMURUGAN MATCH INDUSTRIES, GUDIYATTAM. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [11.289.001]
INDIAS PRIDE. H.H. THE MAHARAJA OF JDAR (IADR), MADE IN AUSTRIA. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.121.002]
RAJ. PRICE 7P. GNANAPUSHPAM MATCH WORKS. KOVILPATTI. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.300.006]
Bharat Mata by Abanindranath Tagore, 1905, lithograph, 20 x 13 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [# 109]
LOVELY FRUITS, PRICE RE. 0.06., VASAN MATCH WORKS, O METTUPATTI, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.095.004]
HIND DEVI, TRADE MARK, SAFETY MATCHES, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.044.007]
Fig. 07: Beautification mural made by artist J.P. Krishna depicting rural scene of the cropping of rice and an Ayyanar shrine. Anna Salai, Chennai, May 2009. Photograph by McKay Savage.
Turbaned Ravidas. Sourced from http://www.sikhiwiki.org. Inscribed on the image in Gurmukhi script are the words Bhakt Ravidas Ji, devoted Ravidas.
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