Part 2 of 2 (cont…) “Fun with Parsi Surnames - Cyrus Broacha” 🤣😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 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 (Jee - jee bhai) nodded his head and agreed with everything everybody said. My grandfather was the Sheriff of Bombay. Being Sheriff, it was only natural that he had Mr Bandookwala and Mr Golimar as his constant companions. My grandfather had many Parsi friends, who were in politics. There was this squeaky clean khadi-clad Mr Ghandy, and the not so clean Mr Gandabhoy — who was invariably being hounded by Mr Kotwal. But he never left home without his friends Mr Barrister, Mr Vakil, Mr Lawyer and their Munshi, Mr Mehnty. My grandfather built Hotel Waldorf on Arthur Bunder Road in Colaba. So for this, he naturally used the services of Mr Contractor and Mr Mistry. Yet... he never went to the conservative moneylenders when he was short of money, but borrowed it from his Parsi friend, Mr Readymoney. Our neighbour and family physician was Dr Adi Doctor. He lived with his in-laws, Mr and Mrs Pochkhanawala. My sister swears they ate only poached eggs for breakfast. I remember going to Dr Adi Doctor’s sister’s wedding. She is married to one Mr Screwwala. No. He is not a carpenter or a mechanic, so I dare not guess what he does for a living! Cyrus Broacha Comedywala” UNQUOTE Thank you @boredbroacha for the laugh 😊! (Note- Our family are Parsi Zoroastrians, a minority so minuscule that we are almost an “endangered” species in our own right 🤣!) https://dinshawavari.com/2020/02/11/fun-with-parsi-surnames-cyrus-broacha-%f0%9f%a4%a3%f0%9f%98%86%f0%9f%a4%a3%f0%9f%a4%a3%f0%9f%a4%a3%f0%9f%a4%a3%f0%9f%a4%a3/ #CyrusBroacha, #comediancyrusbroacha, #Parsi, #Zoroastrian, #ParsiZoroastrians, #Parsinames, #Parsiminority, #endangeredspecies, #idiosyncratichumor, #idiosyncrasies, #life, #HotelsinPakistan, #hotelsinkarachi, #hotelsinislamabad, #hotelsinmultan, #hotelsinfaisalabad, #hotelsinlahore, #BeachLuxuryHotel, #AvariTowers, #AvariLahore, #AvariXpress, #AvariHotels (at Beach Luxury Hotel Karachi) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8a_ccXHfUq/?igshid=o5240bxujhm1
