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  • Three women in the garden being watched by a man standing next to the trees with his horse. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Manmatha (Kamadeva), Hindu god of love, shooting arrows with his bow while sitting on a elephant composed of women. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Rati, Hindu goddess of love, shooting arrows with a bow while seated on a horse formed from five women. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • People bathing and praying in the Ganges, while a group of women sit on the shore selling religious items. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • Native American children in a variety of poses suggesting blindness and hiding representing a warning that we isolate ourselves from HIV/AIDS; advertisement about AIDS education and clinical services for native Indian women and children by the Seattle Indian Health Board. Colour lithograph.
  • European men and women being transported by Indian men, in a coach drawn by oxen, in sedan chairs, and in a carriage pulled by men. Wood engraving, 1875.
  • Krishna (?) sitting on a swing with two women, as two maidservants fan them while others get refreshments and play music to entertain them. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Emperor Akbar (?) holding a hookah pipe, sitting with three women and playing a board game while a female attendant stands behind him with a fan. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Three Indian women dressed in saris sit together with the message that men deserve to go abroad to make money but to avoid foreign women to prevent the spread of AIDS in his own home; an AIDS prevention advertisement by NGO-AIDS Cell, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS. Colour lithograph by S. Ghosh for Unesco/Aidthi Workshop, March 1995.
  • A group of women inside an enclosure gather around a dead man while in the foreground a decapitated woman lies in front of the guards and some men smoking a hukka. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • The faces of men and women and people at work highlighting that everyone is at risk of HIV/AIDS; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the CII, the Confederation of Indian Industry programme on HIV/AIDS prevention and care. Colour lithograph by Amita P. Gupta, ca. 1997.
  • An Indian woman between two other women wearing headscarves in front of 3 arches within a decorative border; with a message about how AIDS is not spread as an AIDS prevention advertisement by NGO-AIDS Cell, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS. Colour lithograph by Unesco/Aidthi Workshop, March 1995.
  • Contrary to popular belief, sexually transmitted infections and sexual activity with multiple partners are common in the Indian subcontinent in both rural and urban areas : Availability of good quality condoms while abroad can be difficult. so be prepared and take a good supply with you / Brent & Harrow fund this initiative ; this poster was jointly produced by Asian Women's Resource Centre and The Naz Project London.
  • Seduced by India? Absorbed by its charm? Blinded by its beauty? Remember the India beyond the image : Many people living in the UK have been infected while travelling abroad to the Indian subcontinent. Don't take unnecessary risks. India has one of the highest rates of HIV infection worldwide. To prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV; remember always use a condom / Brent & Harrow fund this initiative ; this poster was jointly produced by Asian Women's Resource Centre and The Naz Project London.
  • Opuntia humifusa Raf. Cactaceae Eastern prickly pear, Indian fig. Distribution: Eastern North America. Stearns (1801) reports 'OPUNTIA a species of cactus. The fruit is called the prickly pear. If eaten it turns the urine and milk in women's breast red'. This is likely to be Opuntia robusta. The ripe fruits are reported edible, raw, and the leaf pads also, either raw or cooked. The fine spines, glochids, cause severe skin irritation so should be wiped off or burnt off prior to cooking and eating. Moerman (1998) reports that O. hemifusa was widely used by Native American tribes for wounds, burns, snakebite, warts (fruit), and as a mordant for dyes used on leather. Widely used, with the spines removed, as a famine food, and dried for winter use. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Opuntia humifusa Raf. Cactaceae Eastern prickly pear, Indian fig. Distribution: Eastern North America. Stearns (1801) reports 'OPUNTIA a species of cactus. The fruit is called the prickly pear. If eaten it turns the urine and milk in women's breast red'. This is likely to be Opuntia robusta. The ripe fruits are reported edible, raw, and the leaf pads also, either raw or cooked. The fine spines, glochids, cause severe skin irritation so should be wiped off or burnt off prior to cooking and eating. Moerman (1998) reports that O. hemifusa was widely used by Native American tribes for wounds, burns, snakebite, warts (fruit), and as a mordant for dyes used on leather. Widely used, with the spines removed, as a famine food, and dried for winter use. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Agriculture: planting rice
  • Women carrying water pots
  • 6 aloo tikkis : spicy Indian style potato cakes filled with peas, onions and spices / Tesco Stores Ltd.
  • Kānpur, India: the memorial to the massacre of 1857. Photograph attributed to S. Bourne, 186-.
  • Kānpur, India: the memorial to the massacre of 1857. Photograph attributed to S. Bourne, 186-.
  • English courtesans being sold at auction to British and Asian men in a port controlled by the East India Company. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, ca. 1815, after J. Gillray.
  • a wife who uses condoms with her HIV+ husband
  • Dimapur, a drug addict, debating on if he is HIV+ or not; an advertisement by Lifeline, NMA Kripa, Prodigal Home, and the State AIDS Office Nagaland. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • The game of goose applied to the countries of the world. Engraving by Antoine de Fer after Louis Richer.
  • The game of goose applied to the countries of the world. Engraving by Antoine de Fer after Louis Richer.
  • The game of goose applied to the countries of the world. Engraving by Antoine de Fer after Louis Richer.