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

 

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“Can milk build strong bones?” Dalda Vanaspati: an Indian ad selling the value of a balanced diet by referring to the ancient Indian treatise on medicines, Kashyapasamhita, about the importance of milk for building of bones. 1940s probably faced the scarcity of milk in the country, hence the stress on making more milk available to the children first. (right)

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