These four weathered paper slips are quintessential relics of Indian pop culture from the late 1990s. Issued by the Northern Scales Co. in New Delhi, these tickets were dispensed by mechanical weighing machines commonly found at bustling railway stations and public squares. For a small coin, a commuter would receive not just their weight, but a collectible souvenir featuring a "red-ink" portrait of a reigning cinema icon. The cards showcase a diverse lineup of Bollywood royalty, including Akshaye Khanna, Shilpa Shetty, Saif Ali Khan, and Amitabh Bachchan. Interestingly, the tickets contain charming typographic errors typical of mass-produced street ephemera, such as "Akshay" for Akshaye and "Bachan" for Bachchan. The images use a distinct halftone dot-matrix style, a low-cost printing technique that has since become a visual hallmark of vintage Indian street kitsch. Beyond being simple receipts, these cards served as a primitive form of interactive ent...