Re: [nukkad] Bawa su waat karein....

["Ravi Menon" <>]

Sorry people I meant to add that this was a fwd, but hit teh send key before
I could make those comments. I wish I could write as well :-)
Ravi

On 2/24/08, Dr Taher (डा॰ ताहेर कागलवाला) 
<drtaher@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Was this your own or a forward?
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Ravi Menon <ravi.menon@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The first Parsis I knew were statues. There were scores of them,
> >  all over Bombay (now Mumbai), most of them wearing glasses :
> >  Dadabhoy Naoroji, Pherozeshah Mehta, Jamshedji Tata, Cowasjee,
> >  Jehangir, Bomanji Petit, the Khada (standing) Parsi at Byculla
> >  Bridge.
> >
> >  Later, I met other Parsis, at the Central Bank, Cusrow Baug,
> >  Godrej Company (find me a Parsi house and I will show you a
> >  Godrej steel cupboard in it), Colaba Agiary, Bombay House, piano
> >  recitals by Austrian pianists at the NCPA, Ripon Club.
> >
> >  Most of the Parsis I know are Bombay Parsis, the older ones born
> >  at Dr.Temulji's lying-in hospital for Parsi ladies, the younger
> >  ones delivered by Dr. Rusi Soonawala (Aapro Rusi). But there are
> >  also Delhi Parsis, Calcutta Parsis, Toronto Parsis, one or two
> >  Mhow Parsis, Karachi Avaris, etc.
> >
> >  They are spread all over the world. Whoever says that the Parsis
> >  are a dying community does not know what he is talking about!!
> >
> >  The Delhi Parsis are mainly Bombay Parsis now settled in Delhi,
> >  such as Soli Sorabjee and Fali Nariman.
> >
> >  The Bombay Parsis themselves may be divided into further
> >  categories : there are Colaba Parsis, Tardeo Parsis and Dadar
> >  Parsi Colony Parsis. The Colaba Parsis work in advertising
> >  agencies, act in Hosi Vasunia's Plays and have relations in
> >  Toronto. The Tardeo Parsis would like to be Colaba Parsis.  The
> >  Dadar Parsi Colony Parsis are Dadar Parsi Colony Parsis.
> >
> >  Their language is Gujarati, with a generous mixture of English
> >  or
> >  English with a generous mixture of Gujarati. Some people say
> >  that
> >  they borrowed the language from the Gujaratis, others that the
> >  Gujaratis learnt it from them.
> >
> >  I have not resolved that point yet. But the Parsis have certain
> >  Gujarati words that are exclusive to their language. Putting
> >  aside the abusive words, I refer you to 'phregat'. It is what a
> >  Parsi does when he returns home after a hard day at the office.
> >  He has a wash (Godrej or Tata soap), removes his clothes, gets
> >  into a 'sadra' and 'lengha' and settles down in the easy chair
> >  with his legs stretched along its extended arms, sipping phudina
> >  tea. That is being 'phregat', changing into sadra - lengha and
> >  relaxing. Say the word slowly and gently extend it:'phre-gaaat'.
> >
> >  There are several other such words and phrases (kit-pit bandh
> >  ker, dahi na kar, doodh pau). Doodh pau is a somewhat
> >  goody-goody
> >  person, a bit of a sissy. I invite the members of the community
> >  to add to my collection.
> >
> >  That takes care of the language, though most of them use
> >  English.
> >  They are very fond of things English and particularly the
> >  English
> >  royalty, though that does not mean I am questioning their
> >  loyalty
> >  one bit. On that score they are unimpeachable.
> >
> >  When I first visited London, a Parsi friend took me to see
> >  Buckingham Palace - from outside naturally, in those days they
> >  did not issue tickets to wander around the palace. We stood at
> >  the gates, he pointed at the palace, and said, "Aapri rani no
> >  mehel".
> >
> >  A lot of things are aapri or aapro or aapru. For instance: aapro
> >  Zubin Mehta, kevoo majehnu conduct karech. Aapro Sam Maneckshaw.
> >  Aapri Sooni Taraporevala. Aapro Nani Palkhivala), bahuj
> >  intelligent and bholo. Aapri Bachi Karkaria, soo lakhech, soo
> >  lakhech. Aapro Dorabjee of Dorabjee's of Pune and aapra Oliaji
> >  of
> >  Duke's Hotel.
> >
> >  Aapri Princess Street ni Parsi Dairy Farm, bilkul pani nahi
> >  doodh
> >  ma, bilkul nahi. Aapri Meher Moos, world traveller. Aapro Cyrus
> >  Broacha, ketlo comic.  Aapro Adu (the late and lamented Adi
> >  Marzban). Aapro Rusy (Karanjia), ehni toe soo pen. Appru Adille
> >  Sumariwalla, soo fast bhagech. Aapru Taj te Taj, choro Oberoi.
> >  Baliwala & Homi Bombay's opticians since time began, and Air
> >  India when JRD Tata was the chairman. Even Rajiv Gandhi was
> >  aapro
> >  from his father's side. Aapro Rajiv aaje hote toe he would have
> >  made Pakistan remember its grandmother.
> >
> >  On Parsi New Year, one of the 3 or 4 New Years they have in a
> >  year, in the morning, a couple of nankhatai bands will come over
> >  from Pydhonie to Cusrow Baug and with a great flurry play Sare
> >  Jehan Se Acha and Colonel Boogie's March in front of whichever
> >  flat pays them. There will be prayers at the two major
> >  fire-temples at Dhobi Talao and vermicelli and sweet curd with
> >  rose petals, marghi na farcha and dhan dal and kolmi patia at
> >  home. And there will be drinks, Parsi pegs. A Parsi peg is the
> >  largest peg in the world. You may measure it by your palm, it
> >  extends over 5 fingers. The Patiala peg is also 5 fingers, but
> >  in
> >  the Patiala peg the fingers are held together, in the Parsi peg
> >  they are spread out. Jean Manekji (of the Bombay Gymkhana,
> >  although I believe is half Parsi - please forgive me if I'm
> >  wrong) can vouch for that!
> >
> >  Chalo, Saheb, salamati lev.
> >
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