The conventional palm leaf fans which have become a rarity seem to be making a comeback in the city with the rise in mercury levels. The trend is seen at shops that sell conventional palm and ...

An agricultural labourer has resorted to stitching and selling fans made of palm leaves to make a living amid the lockdown. The man, who worked on agricultural fields in Manikandam block now ...

Before electricity came to this region, and even afterwards when loadshedding was a daily scenario, traditional palm leaf hand-held fans, locally known as "haat-pakha", were a common item in every ...

The blades of the first ceiling fans, like the punkah which originated in 17th-century India, were usually made of palm fronds or other plant fibre. These early fans were hand-operated, usually by ...