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- Punkah - Wikipedia
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 air when flapped
- Punkah: The Hand Operated Ceiling Fans of Colonial India
"A little accident happens to the Punka," from Harper's, 1875 Photo credit: www columbia edu
- 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 in the long nineteenth century
- PUNKA Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Punka definition: a fan made of a palm leaf or leaves See examples of PUNKA used in a sentence
- 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 Invisible Hands of Colonial Comfort: The Life and Labor of . . .
The word punkah derives from the Hindi pankh, meaning "wing," as the motion of the fan mimicked the flapping of a bird’s wings The suffix wallah refers to a person who carries out a particular job or service The punkahwallahs usually worked out of sight, pulling the fan from a distance via a cord or pulley system Sometimes, however, they used smaller hand-held fans, especially in more
- Punka Definition Meaning - YourDictionary
Punka definition: A fan used especially in India, made of a palm frond or strip of cloth hung from the ceiling and moved by a servant
- 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
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