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  • Punkah - Wikipedia
    Punkahs in the house of a British couple in India c 1880 A punkah in the house of French colonials in Indochina c 1930 Church interior with an intricate system of punkahs c 1900 A punkah, also pankha (Urdu: پَنکھا, Hindi: पंखा, paṅkhā), is a type of fan used since the early 6th century BC The word pankha originated from pankh, the wings of a bird which produce a current of
  • Punkah: The Hand Operated Ceiling Fans of Colonial India
    Three punkah-wallahs on a verandah pulling punkha strings, circa1900 Photo credit: Royal Society for Asian Affairs, London Bridgeman Images The elaborate punkah arrangements in the Kanpur Memorial Church, circa 1880 Photo credit: www columbia edu "A little accident happens to the Punka," from Harper's, 1875 Photo credit: www columbia edu
  • PUNKA Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    PUNKA definition: a fan made of a palm leaf or leaves See examples of punka used in a sentence
  • How Ceiling Fans Allowed Slaves to Eavesdrop on Plantation Owners
    How Ceiling Fans Allowed Slaves to Eavesdrop on Plantation Owners The punkahs of the Antebellum era served many purposes
  • Punkahs, punkahwallahs, and White sahibs in Colonial India
    An anaemic Indian coolie trying to sleep and at the same time cool his British rulers by working a Punka; Ellsworth Huntington; 1928; Wellcome Collection, London
  • The Punka Project – A research repository for the history of punkahs . . .
    The Punkah Project is a research repository for the history of punkahs, ceiling-mounted dining room fans manipulated by enslaved workers in the antebellum United States The punkah was used by elite planters to display their wealth and refinement, while those consigned to labor at the fans using their proximity to elite whites to glean information about the plantation world and beyond Part
  • Punka - definition of punka by The Free Dictionary
    Define punka punka synonyms, punka pronunciation, punka translation, English dictionary definition of punka or pun·kah n A fan used especially in India, made of a palm frond or strip of cloth hung from the ceiling and moved by a servant
  • Colonial India Exploitation: The Forgotten Lives of Punkah-Wallahs
    Colonial Servitude: Explore how punkah-wallahs, often from oppressed castes, toiled in brutal conditions to cool British homes, revealing the darker side of colonial domestic life
  • The Punka: Cooling the Souths Dining Rooms Before the Ceiling Fan
    The punka (the word can be alternately spelled punkah) was a large wooden fan hung from the ceiling Slaves or servants would pull the fan back and forth by one or two ropes, providing cooling to the diners and perhaps helping to keep flies and other insects off the food below
  • The punkah and its pullers: A short history | Servants Pasts
    Between colonial sleep and Indian labour, the history of punkah wallahs is buried Ritam Sengupta brings to light the long history of labour, law, and violence that this labouring group underwent i…





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