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> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 3:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames
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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
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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:24:03 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
> To: " estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list"
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> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Parsi Surn
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
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Subject: Re: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames
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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 deliver
On Mar 29, 2013, at 4:24 PM, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro 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 tha
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 wrote:
From: Luis Vas
Subject: [Goanet] Parsi Surnames
To:
Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013, 8:54 AM
Parsi
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 wrote:
> Parsi Surnames
>
> This article appeared in The Trib
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. Sodawaterbott
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
leavene
