Fig. 01: Priya Paul talks about her collection of popular art for Tasveer Ghar in this video.
Video recorded by Yousuf Saeed.

Fig. 4: Suraiya in Resham (dir. Lekhraj, 1952) typically performs ‘to-be-looked-at-ness’.

Fig. 12: ‘Hatching Operation’ by Ahmed, The Sunday Hindustan Times, 22 December 1946, Magazine Section, p. 1. Courtesy Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi.

KING, 50'S PRICE 15 PS., KANAKALEGALMI MATCH FACTORY, SATTUR, DELUX QUALITY MATCH. Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady collection, New Delhi, India. [2.004.004]

WINNER, 50's PRICE 13 Ps., SOLOMON MATCH WORKS, KOVILPATTY. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [11.289.007]

INDIAS PRIDE. H.H.THE RAJA OF DHAR, MADE IN AUSTRIA. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.121.004]

RAJA. SAFETY MATCHES. SRI JANAKIRAM MATCH WORKS T.P. KUNDRAM MADURAI – 5.  Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.303.001]

 

Bharat Mata by Sobha Singh, c. 1947, Mehta Art Press, Delhi, offset print, 23 x 33. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [# 110]

Madhu Makkhi (honey bee), 50’s 50 Ps, SAFETY MATCHES, SARASWATHI MATCH WORKS, ETTAYAPURAM, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.111.004]

BARATMATHA, SAFETY MATCHES, KG MW, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.045.001]

Fig. 08: Beautification mural made by artist J.P. Krishna depicting a rustic rural scene. Anna Salai, Chennai, May 2009. Photograph by McKay Savage.

Invoking Ravidas to fight against (Hindu) Indian State. Sourced from http://www.flickr.com/simmaltree. Ravidas juxtaposed with Sikh militants killed during Sikh militancy in Punjab in the 1980s.

Fig. 01. Raghav reacts violently to Simmys question. A screenshot. Raman Raghav 2.0. Dir. Anurag Kashyap, Phantom Films, Reliance Entertainment, DVD, 2016.