Write to me to chat about images and history, or to discuss ways we can collaborate at bhatnagar.avrati@gmail.com.
Image Credits:
'Swadeshi Boycott Stamps,' 1930. Courtesy: Pradip Jain, FRPSL [Header Image]
'Cover Image,' October 1930, Stri. Courtesy: Mumbai Marathi Granth Sanghralaya, Mumbai [Footer Image]
'Clarion Call of Motherland,' May 1930, The Bombay Chronicle.
'Charkha Lady,' Courtesy: Gautam Hemmady's Collection. Learn more about this collection at Little Box of Lights (Google Arts & Culture) curated by Yousuf Saeed and at Tasveer Ghar. "Avrati Bhatnagar" "Avrati Bhatnagar" "Avrati Bhatnagar" "Avrati Bhatnagar" "Avrati Bhatnagar"
The above cited images are central to my (work-in-progress) book-length project on the political consumer world of colonial Bombay in the 1930s and its middle class women. I welcome your insights and questions on the respective images/collections you see here.