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Punkahs, punkahwallahs, and White sahibs in Colonial India
Punkah' is a colonial-era anglicisation of the Hindustani term pankha, which referred to handheld fans. Punkah-pullers were ...
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Heat and Dust-Punkahs, Punkahwallahs and White Sahibs in Colonial India
Punkah refers to a large, rope-pulled, swinging fan hung from the ceiling that became a staple for the British to withstand ...
In India, Indigenous women and their ‘dream maps’ seek to protect lands from climate change
At a small stream in India’s eastern state of Odisha, Indigenous villagers catch eels and fish for a dinner celebrating an ...
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Banking Sector in India
9,61,593 crore (US$ 111 billion) and estimated to be at Rs. 36,47,123 crore (US$ 421 billion) by 2029. India has the third largest FinTech ecosystem globally. * BCG predicts that the proportion of ...