Of Roshogollo and Rabindranath
The peculiarities of the Bengali are many, and each one is unique, writes Ranjona Banerji Hello to all you Non-Bengalis out there from the people of the “ro-sho-go-llo”. Now don’t …
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Oye Punjabi! BC, MC, and the Joys of the Double Patiala
From Bhangra to Biradari, the hearty Punjabis live up to most of their attributes, writes Mayank Anand If there was research done there would be enough evidence that the English-speaking …
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Communities – Maharashtrians | Arre, Maraaychay Kaay?
While Marathi is our mother tongue, sarcasm is our second language, writes Gouri Dange, who was born and brought up in Mumbai and acquired a degree in Being Thoroughly Maharashtrian …
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Me Iyer, You Iyengar
The face-off between the two South Indian Brahmin communities is quite lored and loved over decades, writes Nagesh Alai The other day at dinner, an Iyengar friend of mine asked …
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Salli, Soli and Saala BC-MC… Bachi Karkaria on the Parsis
In the second of our series on Communities, the inimitable Bachi Karkaria holds forth on probably the quirkiest of them all – the Parsis How dare you ask me to …
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Communities: Gujaratis | The Fafda Files
Introducing an all-new monthly series in Seniors Today magazine – Communities. We kick it off with Minoo Shah writing on the very enterprising Gujjus, err, Gujaratis. Those elite intellectuals who …
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