Gaye piya pardesh kamane, eds na lekar aỵe. Paranarī se bache piya, to ghar mẹ eds kabhī na sataye. Asurakshit yaun sambanḍh eds phailta hai!

Item Overview

Title

Gaye piya pardesh kamane, eds na lekar aỵe. Paranarī se bache piya, to ghar mẹ eds kabhī na sataye. Asurakshit yaun sambanḍh eds phailta hai!

Alternative title

My beloved has gone overseas to earn a living. I hope he does not return with AIDS. Protect yourself from a strange woman, so that AIDS may never enter. AIDS spreads due to unprotected sex!

Place of Origin

India

Language

Hindi

Collection

AIDS Posters Collection

Notes

Description

Depicts three Hindi women, dressed in traditional clothing, sitting on a rug. They are talking to one another. It can be inferred that they are discussing the possibility of a husband contracting AIDS while overseas. The poster cautions to use protection when having sex with strangers.
Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, item II004.

Physical Description

Dimensions

58 x 46 cm. (23 x 18 in.)

Keywords

Genre

posters

Location

India

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control
Adultery
AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
Women--Health and welfare
Safe Sex