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Word: punkah (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1942-1942
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Over his head waved a punkah, drawn by a white-clad woman disciple. About his body was a simple cotton loincloth, the thread of which was spun by his own hands. In one hand he held a rag, which he constantly dipped into a bowl of water by his side and wiped over his shiny bald head. About him followers and secretaries knelt crosslegged. Gandhi looked old as wisdom, skeleton-thin, sharp, birdlike; now all his teeth are gone. He seemed in remarkable spirits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: THE MIND OF GANDHI | 6/29/1942 | See Source »

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