A new exhibition shares the artistic legacy of centuries of British East India Company influence in East and Southeast Asia ...
A type of large, manually operated ceiling-fan used historically in the Indian subcontinent, the punkah comprised a suspended wooden beam, slab or frame with a hanging panel of fabric that was swung ...
When British traders landed on India’s shores in the 1600s, they arrived in search of spices and silk but stayed for centuries – leaving behind a legacy that would shape the nation long after their ...
Still from “Panorama of Calcutta” (1899), the earliest extant film of India (screenshot via YouTube) The British Film Institute (BFI) has digitized and uploaded a major trove of rarely seen films from ...
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The historical role of punkah-wallahs in colonial India
Understanding the Punkah and Its Operators The scorching summers of India, well-known among British society, attracted ...
In the Indian state of Kerala there stands a huge building shaped like a ship. Another has a large yellow star dominating its facade. Then there’s the pair of gigantic palms sprouting from a structure ...
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