Tasveer Ghar: A Digital Archive of South Asian Popular Visual Culture

 

Catering to Indian and British Tastes:
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“Sri Ambal Officers Special Snuff - The BEST for GENTRY” The gentry here is represented by an office-going Indian man who is punctual (see wall clock) and keeps a bell on his table for a peon. Today such an image would represent a typical bureaucratic govt. official, especialy the one consuming snuff. 1947, Madras (right)


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