The University of Texas at Austin Libraries is developing a collection of popular and pulp fiction in the regional languages of South Asia. These novels, novellas and serialized stories help us challenge what qualifies as “worthy” both in terms of style and substance while also providing a unique lens through which themes of gender, sexuality, caste & religion, authority can be explored. Beyond literary content, the graphic covers are also of great interest.
The South Asian Ephemera Collection at Princeton is an openly accessible repository of items that spans a variety of subjects and languages to support research, teaching, and private study. Highlighted collections include Pakistani Film Ephemera, the Dissidents and Activists in Sri Lanka, 19602-1990s and the Hindu Nationalist Ephmera: Collection of Arvind Rajagopal, 19602-2000s. Newly acquired materials are being digitized and added on an ongoing basis.
The University of Minnesota's Hindi Street Literature collection includes a wide variety of ephemera, including vrat katha pamphlets, ritual manuals, svang drama texts, astrological texts and more.
The South Asia Pamphlet Collection at the Library of Congress includes booklets, pamphlets, and other ephemera. There are about 150 pamphlet collections of print materials organized by topic, each with its own number of items, including the Political Pamphlets from the Indian Subcontinent.
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