Re: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames
I had heard of a Sodabatliopenwalla many years ago. It turns out that both Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla and Sodabottleopenerwalla are real Parsi names. You can find them on Facebook. Cheers, Santosh - Original Message - From: Victor Rangel-Ribeiro vrangel...@yahoo.com To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list goanet@lists.goanet.org Cc: Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames Dear Luis, Where did you come across the Parsi surname, Sodawaterbottleopenerwallah? I believe that that surname does not exist. . Regards, Victor
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-Original Message- From: Luis Vas Sent: March-28-13 8:54 AM Parsi Surnames This article appeared in The Tribune, There was prohibition in Bombay those days. So to get liquor you had to find Mr. Dalal, who would introduce you to Mr. Daruwala, who in turn would get bottles delivered to your home by Mr. Batliwala who would be accompanied by Mr. Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla (the longest Parsi surname I have come across). RESPONSE: The original article published in The Tribune (06 Jan 2010) was titled OK tata bye-bye by Pushi Chowdhry, a Rawal Pindi born Sardar who is a Doon School and London University alumnus. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100106/edit.htm#5 Scroll down to read at the above link. Pushi wrote a humorous column about himself in London in the 60s on August 27, 2011. - B
[Goanet] Parsi Surnames
Dear Victor, You may be right. I merely forwarded a message I received. Wishing you and family a happy Easter Regards Luis Victor Rangel-Ribeiro vrangel...@yahoo.com To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames Message-ID: 1364588643.82939.yahoomailclas...@web120702.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Dear Luis,? ? Where did you come across the Parsi surname, Sodawaterbottleopenerwallah? I believe that that surname does not exist.?. ? ?Regards,? ? Victor --- On Thu, 3/28/13, Luis Vas luissr...@gmail.com wrote: From: Luis Vas luissr...@gmail.com Subject: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames To: Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013, 8:54 AM Parsi Surnames This article appeared in The Tribune, There was prohibition in Bombay those days. So to get liquor you had to find Mr. Dalal, who would introduce you to Mr. Daruwala, who in turn would get bottles delivered to your home by Mr. Batliwala who would be accompanied by Mr. Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla (the longest Parsi surname I have come across). Other surnames whose ancestors were in the beverages trade were Mr. Fountainwala, Mr. Ginwala, Mr Rumwala, Mr. Sodawala and Mr. Jhunjhunwala. We used to have two delightful Siamese kittens in our flat and these were gifted to my mother by her friend Mrs. Billimoria. My mother spent hours knitting cardigans for them, with wool she bought from the Unwala family. My uncle ran the air force canteen in Cotton Green and his partner, yes you guessed it, was Mr. Canteenwala. They had this fantastic cook, Mr. Bhajiwala. Their mild and meek manager, Mr. Jeejeebhoy, nodded his head and agreed with everything everybody said. My grandfather built Hotel Waldorf on Arthur Bunder Road in Colaba. So for this he naturally used the services of Mr. Contactor and Mr. Mistry. He never went to the conservative moneylenders when short of money, but borrowed it from his Parsi friend Mr. Readymoney. I remember going to Dr. Doctor's sister's wedding. She married Mr. Screwala. What he did for a living, I do not know to this day. If you are in Mumbai maybe you can track him down in the yellow or pink pages. The Parsis have taught us that if you take serious interest in satire, you can change the world! A Goan
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Dear Victor, Consider visiting http://parsiiranisurnames.tripod.com/id29.html Go to the Left Rail, scroll down; click on ~ TRADE / PROFESSION ~ Total = 434 http://parsiiranisurnames.tripod.com/id35.html, which will brings one to: http://parsiiranisurnames.tripod.com/id35.html Pan right to see the alphabet categories lower in the abecedary; and the origins spelled out. There are more categories. The list has been researched and complied by Burjor Miocher Daboo, and the email id given is burkhur...@gmail.com The article posted on Goanet may be found in its entirety at: http://zoroastrians.net/category/names-surnames-more/ venantius j pinto Message: 11 Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:24:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Victor Rangel-Ribeiro vrangel...@yahoo.com To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames Dear Luis,? ? Where did you come across the Parsi surname, Sodawaterbottleopenerwallah? I believe that that surname does not exist.?. ? ?Regards,? ? Victor --- On Thu, 3/28/13, Luis Vas luissr...@gmail.com wrote: From: Luis Vas luissr...@gmail.com Subject: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames To: Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013, 8:54 AM Parsi Surnames This article appeared in The Tribune, There was prohibition in Bombay those days. So to get liquor you had to find Mr. Dalal, who would introduce you to Mr. Daruwala, who in turn would get bottles delivered to your home by Mr. Batliwala who would be accompanied by Mr. Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla (the longest Parsi surname I have come across). Other surnames whose ancestors were in the beverages trade were Mr. Fountainwala, Mr. Ginwala, Mr Rumwala, Mr. Sodawala and Mr. Jhunjhunwala. We used to have two delightful Siamese kittens in our flat and these were gifted to my mother by her friend Mrs. Billimoria. My mother spent hours knitting cardigans for them, with wool she bought from the Unwala family. My uncle ran the air force canteen in Cotton Green and his partner, yes you guessed it, was Mr. Canteenwala. They had this fantastic cook, Mr. Bhajiwala. Their mild and meek manager, Mr. Jeejeebhoy, nodded his head and agreed with everything everybody said. My grandfather built Hotel Waldorf on Arthur Bunder Road in Colaba. So for this he naturally used the services of Mr. Contactor and Mr. Mistry. He never went to the conservative moneylenders when short of money, but borrowed it from his Parsi friend Mr. Readymoney. I remember going to Dr. Doctor's sister's wedding. She married Mr. Screwala. What he did for a living, I do not know to this day. If you are in Mumbai maybe you can track him down in the yellow or pink pages. The Parsis have taught us that if you take serious interest in satire, you can change the world! A Goan End of Goanet Digest, Vol 8, Issue 202 **
[Goanet] Parsi Surnames
Parsi Surnames This article appeared in The Tribune, There was prohibition in Bombay those days. So to get liquor you had to find Mr. Dalal, who would introduce you to Mr. Daruwala, who in turn would get bottles delivered to your home by Mr. Batliwala who would be accompanied by Mr. Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla (the longest Parsi surname I have come across). Other surnames whose ancestors were in the beverages trade were Mr. Fountainwala, Mr. Ginwala, Mr Rumwala, Mr. Sodawala and Mr. Jhunjhunwala. We used to have two delightful Siamese kittens in our flat and these were gifted to my mother by her friend Mrs. Billimoria. My mother spent hours knitting cardigans for them, with wool she bought from the Unwala family. My uncle ran the air force canteen in Cotton Green and his partner, yes you guessed it, was Mr. Canteenwala. They had this fantastic cook, Mr. Bhajiwala. Their mild and meek manager, Mr. Jeejeebhoy, nodded his head and agreed with everything everybody said. My grandfather built Hotel Waldorf on Arthur Bunder Road in Colaba. So for this he naturally used the services of Mr. Contactor and Mr. Mistry. He never went to the conservative moneylenders when short of money, but borrowed it from his Parsi friend Mr. Readymoney. I remember going to Dr. Doctor's sister's wedding. She married Mr. Screwala. What he did for a living, I do not know to this day. If you are in Mumbai maybe you can track him down in the yellow or pink pages. The Parsis have taught us that if you take serious interest in satire, you can change the world! A Goan
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Comment: Just today I saw a Ms Tobaccowalla on CNN I guess she must be of Parsi origin. I think we had a Mistry build our house but he was Gujarati. Billimoria started the Cobra beer here in England! On 28 March 2013 12:54, Luis Vas luissr...@gmail.com wrote: Parsi Surnames This article appeared in The Tribune, There was prohibition in Bombay those days. So to get liquor you had to find Mr. Dalal, who would introduce you to Mr. Daruwala, who in turn would get bottles delivered to your home by Mr. Batliwala who would be accompanied by Mr. Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla (the longest Parsi surname I have come across). Other surnames whose ancestors were in the beverages trade were Mr. Fountainwala, Mr. Ginwala, Mr Rumwala, Mr. Sodawala and Mr. Jhunjhunwala. We used to have two delightful Siamese kittens in our flat and these were gifted to my mother by her friend Mrs. Billimoria. My mother spent hours knitting cardigans for them, with wool she bought from the Unwala family. My uncle ran the air force canteen in Cotton Green and his partner, yes you guessed it, was Mr. Canteenwala. They had this fantastic cook, Mr. Bhajiwala. Their mild and meek manager, Mr. Jeejeebhoy, nodded his head and agreed with everything everybody said. My grandfather built Hotel Waldorf on Arthur Bunder Road in Colaba. So for this he naturally used the services of Mr. Contactor and Mr. Mistry. He never went to the conservative moneylenders when short of money, but borrowed it from his Parsi friend Mr. Readymoney. I remember going to Dr. Doctor's sister's wedding. She married Mr. Screwala. What he did for a living, I do not know to this day. If you are in Mumbai maybe you can track him down in the yellow or pink pages. The Parsis have taught us that if you take serious interest in satire, you can change the world! A Goan -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
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Dear Luis, Where did you come across the Parsi surname, Sodawaterbottleopenerwallah? I believe that that surname does not exist. . Regards, Victor --- On Thu, 3/28/13, Luis Vas luissr...@gmail.com wrote: From: Luis Vas luissr...@gmail.com Subject: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames To: Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013, 8:54 AM Parsi Surnames This article appeared in The Tribune, There was prohibition in Bombay those days. So to get liquor you had to find Mr. Dalal, who would introduce you to Mr. Daruwala, who in turn would get bottles delivered to your home by Mr. Batliwala who would be accompanied by Mr. Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla (the longest Parsi surname I have come across). Other surnames whose ancestors were in the beverages trade were Mr. Fountainwala, Mr. Ginwala, Mr Rumwala, Mr. Sodawala and Mr. Jhunjhunwala. We used to have two delightful Siamese kittens in our flat and these were gifted to my mother by her friend Mrs. Billimoria. My mother spent hours knitting cardigans for them, with wool she bought from the Unwala family. My uncle ran the air force canteen in Cotton Green and his partner, yes you guessed it, was Mr. Canteenwala. They had this fantastic cook, Mr. Bhajiwala. Their mild and meek manager, Mr. Jeejeebhoy, nodded his head and agreed with everything everybody said. My grandfather built Hotel Waldorf on Arthur Bunder Road in Colaba. So for this he naturally used the services of Mr. Contactor and Mr. Mistry. He never went to the conservative moneylenders when short of money, but borrowed it from his Parsi friend Mr. Readymoney. I remember going to Dr. Doctor's sister's wedding. She married Mr. Screwala. What he did for a living, I do not know to this day. If you are in Mumbai maybe you can track him down in the yellow or pink pages. The Parsis have taught us that if you take serious interest in satire, you can change the world! A Goan
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On Mar 29, 2013, at 4:24 PM, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro vrangel...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear Luis,Where did you come across the Parsi surname, Sodawaterbottleopenerwallah? I believe that that surname does not exist Dear VRR, You may be right that the surname does not exist (present tense) but I can assure you that when I was a kid in Poona, it did. There was a genteel man who was known by that surname. best for Easter jc
[Goanet] Parsi Surnames
This is an abridged version. Morarji prohibition in 1939 put every Parsee owned bar out of business. The Goan owned bakeries then thrived, with many operating speakeasies on the side. Resentful Parsees went on to christen us paowallas. We can take credit for introducing the joy of leavened products to the west coast of India. eric. This article appeared in The Tribune, There was prohibition in Bombay those days. So to get liquor you had to find Mr. Dalal, who would introduce you to Mr. Daruwala, who in turn would get bottles delivered to your home by Mr. Batliwala who would be accompanied by Mr. Sodawaterbottleopenerwalla (the longest Parsi surname I have come across). Other surnames whose ancestors were in the beverages trade were Mr. Fountainwala, Mr. Ginwala, Mr Rumwala, Mr. Sodawala and Mr. Jhunjhunwala. We used to have two delightful Siamese kittens in our flat and these were gifted to my mother by her friend Mrs. Billimoria. My mother spent hours knitting cardigans for them, with wool she bought from the Unwala family. My uncle ran the air force canteen in Cotton Green and his partner, yes you guessed it, was Mr. Canteenwala. They had this fantastic cook, Mr. Bhajiwala. Their mild and meek manager, Mr. Jeejeebhoy, nodded his head and agreed with everything everybody said. My grandfather built Hotel Waldorf on Arthur Bunder Road in Colaba. So for this he naturally used the services of Mr. Contactor and Mr. Mistry. He never went to the conservative moneylenders when short of money, but borrowed it from his Parsi friend Mr. Readymoney. I remember going to Dr. Doctor’s sister’s wedding. She married Mr. Screwala. What he did for a living, I do not know to this day. If you are in Mumbai maybe you can track him down in the yellow or pink pages. The Parsis have taught us that if you take serious interest in satire, you can change the world!
