Category Archives: 1940s

The Women in Uniform Post

Posted on 22/06/2013 by Anu M

  More on tumblr. For pic 2 also see [x] [x]

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The Kappi Kultur Post

Posted on 14/06/2013 by Anu M

                 good cup of tea or coffee makes all the difference to the start of a busy day— It drives away that sleepy, lazy feeling and peps up your energy. Make sure by buying … Continue reading →

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The Girls Post

Posted on 04/06/2013 by Anu M

  From this week’s series on costumes for young girls.

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Bright Young Things in the 1940s

Posted on 12/05/2013 by Anu M

For upper class fashions of the late 1940s you can go no further than Andaz (1949) in which Nargis, Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Cuckoo play giddily modern Bright Young Things. The centrepiece of the film is Nargis and the actress looks perfect in … Continue reading →

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The Tamil Cinema Poster Post

Posted on 14/02/2013 by Anu M

I love that so many old Tamil film posters have just the actresses on them and you get to see different kinds of attire. The first film is Madanamala, where the heroine is a dancer. The second,Devamanohari, features a princess. The … Continue reading →

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The Princess Post

Posted on 13/02/2013 by Anu M

Vijayaraje Scindia in the 1940s in a gold bordered sari.  A style so popular in the 30s/early 40s. Also Durru-Shehvar though admittedly my attention was diverted by the splendid Diana Vreeland.

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Random post to document a decade

Posted on 06/12/2012 by Anu M

Shobhana Samarth, probably taken in the late 30s/early 40s. A few posts don’t have a theme but are merely to provide a snapshot of a decade – I normally tag the decade so its easy to follow the tags.

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The Writers in Saris Post

Posted on 21/10/2012 by Anu M

If Rokeya wrote in a humorous vein, Rashid Jahan was a writer who was part of the Progressive Writers Movement, a fiery feminist, a doctor and a contributor toAngarey. The photographs are from an article on her husband, Rashid Jahan is the woman on the … Continue reading →

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Posted on 21/10/2012 by Anu M

I am a little hesitant to club these three writers together as representative of subcontinental Muslim women writers in the early part of the 20th century.  However, though as writers they are quite different, for the purposes of today’s post … Continue reading →

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Brooch – 1

Posted on 19/10/2012 by Anu M

Brooch 1: An unusual placement of the brooch on the saree blouse.  The blouse itself seems to be the square neck kind of style of the 40s. The photograph is of HH Maharani Krishna Kumar (the basis for Rekha’s character in Zubeidaa). [X]

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