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

 

Catering to Indian and British Tastes:
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“Raja Snow’s Kasturi Soap”, An Indian soap endorsed by a face that looks rather British (with a bindi) or maybe a reflection of an Indian woman’s ideal to be a fair-skinned.


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