![]() ![]() There can be no doubt that these pictures lift the lid off a very widespread repression, natural enough in a country whose women when young tend to be slim to the point of skimpiness. In perhaps half of them, or more than half, even when the point of the joke has nothing to do with sex, the same female figure appears, a plump ‘voluptuous’ figure with the dress clinging to it as tightly as another skin and with breasts or buttocks grossly over-emphasized according to which way it is turned. A recurrent, almost dominant motif in comic post cards is the woman with the stuck-out behind. It is by this that everyone remembers them, and it is also central to their purpose, though not in a way that is immediately obvious. Orwell writes on McGill's portrayal of attractive young women: '.Here one comes back to the outstanding, all-important feature of comic post cards - their obscenity. ![]() But the incident scared off my father- he was almost broke and had a young family to support- from exploring creative, daring themes in his future work. बेडेकर) was one among few who stood by him, Jaywant Dalvi (जयवंत दळवी)was one among many who attacked him. ![]()
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