KISAN. CONTENTS: 10 BOXES OF 50'S SAFETY MATCHES. MAX. RETAIL PRICE 40 RS. PER BOX INCL. ALL TAXES. REGD. PROP of T.M. THE COMORIN MATCH INDUSTRIES (PRIVATE) LIMITED, KOVILPATTI, REGD. NO. 275980, PKD 7/92, Permitted users and Mfrs.: KADALAIYUR MATCH INDUSTRIES, KADALAIYUR – 627 725. Printed label for matchbox set packaging, July 1992, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady collection, New Delhi, India. [2.009]

LION JOKER, N.M.W. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [11.405.008]
 

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. [19.121.010]

RAJA'S LION. PRICE RE. 0.06. PROP: - S.R. PANDURANGAM. ARUNAGIRI MATCH WORKS. TIRUVANNAMALAI. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.308.001]

 

A Wholesome Diet, January 1889, Hindi Punch, newsprint. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [# 103]

MANA MALAR, PRICE RE. 0.06., DHANASEKARAN MATCH INDUSTRIES, KOVILPATTI, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.126.001]

MOTHER INDIA, SAFETY MATCHES, DAMP PROOF, CALCUTTA MATCH WORKS, Printed matchbox labels, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.045.006]

Fig. 03: Laundry equipment needed for the modern home, as illustrated in Mabel A. Needham and Ann G. Strong, Domestic Science for High Schools in India (Bombay: Oxford University Press, 1929).

Fig. 13: Mural of two girls playing a game. Kamarajar Salai, Chennai, January 2010. Photograph by the author.

Bhagat Ravidas, Mahatama Buddha and Dr. B R Ambedkar. Source: A Punjabi storywriter, Mr. Mohan Lal Philloria. Dr. B R Ambedkar is the central figure of this image, and he appears to be receiving the blessings of the Buddha and Ravidas. This suggests that Ambedkar is heir to the Buddha and Ravidas.

Fig. 09: Valentine Looks by Styling Services, image from leaflet produced for Valentines Day celebrations at Select City Walk, Saket, New Delhi, 2011, private coll.

Fig. 10: The actor dons a hat in Hamari Kismat (dir. Nari Ghadiali, 1949), underlining how a man who is master of his fate may appear.

Fig. 18: ‘The Tragedy’ by Oommen, The Leader, 5 June 1947, p. 4. Courtesy British Library, London.