Everything is done very lightly, as if a punkah were brushing by one's face. |
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I recognized Diana, at peace at last, fanning herself with a feather punkah, and perhaps sending me a signal of recognition. |
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Back in town, among the most distinctive digs are the Hotel Sofitel Central, a palatial, seafront pavilion of louvres, punkah fans and armies of gardeners. |
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There was a pause during which I seemed to hear the regular gentle swish of the punkah and the steady buzzing of the cicadas in the sandalwood trees. |
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At the foot of the veranda a chokra lay on his back in the sun, pulling the punkah rope with his heel and shading his face with a broad strip of banana leaf. |
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