tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post7402724454807586021..comments2008-03-28T20:55:10.504-05:00Aspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08060207061740733110noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-22587682334800179732008-03-28T20:55:10.504-05:002008-03-28T20:55:10.504-05:00Not only your namesake but she's also written for us before :). Priti - the first one - where are you man?<BR/><BR/>Priti - the second one - I am not that rose-literate. I just buy my bushes from Home Depot :)Aspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08060207061740733110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-51709908193322018112008-03-28T18:52:40.461-05:002008-03-28T18:52:40.461-05:00Oh my! I have my very own namesake *gulp*pritihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438422220019928853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-59114986309632908202008-03-28T18:50:56.603-05:002008-03-28T18:50:56.603-05:00Hilarious! And strangely reminiscent of my mom and aunts' vacations at the family farmhouse in Rajkot. Dude, which thornless roses do you grow? My only thornless ones are Therese Bugnet and Clotilde Soupert. Wait till you see Frau Karl Druschki. Transplanting that monster resulted in deep gashes on my hubby's body. We call Frau 'The Dragon'.pritihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438422220019928853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-59651744693024779032008-03-25T23:05:45.450-05:002008-03-25T23:05:45.450-05:00AnuG - Lol, I know!Amritahttp://indiequill.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-65785967859273345752008-03-25T05:26:10.611-05:002008-03-25T05:26:10.611-05:00Amrita, sigh,so from the way we were pronouncing Aspi's name(no foul language, just fonetics)ass-pea-have-wala,we r now supposed to say 'us-pea-huh-way-wala?. Gosh, it seems like we r referring to another person:).<BR/>My sis got married many many years ago when telephones calls were very difficult and expensive to make.So we communicated with my bil through letters. He asked us to call him by his nickname, which we did. When we met a year later, he was not very happy to know that all of us (the extended family included) were pronouncing it wrong. We tried changing, but it just wouldnt work. So now about 25 years later, he is resigned to the fact that his name is different in india.Er, Aspi, r u getting the hint:).anu gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-71890605466607105632008-03-24T11:08:59.210-05:002008-03-24T11:08:59.210-05:00Happy belated Navroze!! I'm a total fan of the Autoricksha confessions!! I never got to play "Ghar" when i was younger, I used to play with with my brother and his friends so I was a total TomBoy. I was like Kajol from KKHH...except for the weird clothings and the terrible short-bob!! We did play a lot of Satodia and gulli-Danda though...that was so much fun!! Aww...I miss the days when a vacation was consisted of outdoor playing instead of video-games and computer-games!!girlie girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-56899262249985711672008-03-22T15:01:23.402-05:002008-03-22T15:01:23.402-05:00Hi Aspi,<BR/> Happy Navroze!! Thank you for your enjoyable blog.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I noticed that Ismailis (followers of Aga Khan) also celeberate Navroze - must have something to do with the fact that this sect of Islam originated in Iran.<BR/><BR/>While not all Zorastarians are Parsis, the word Parsi itself is of Persian origin. The word Farsi (the language spoken in most of Iran and parts of Afghanistan) is derived from Parsi. The 'P' got replaced by 'F' because the Arabs didn't (and still don't) have a 'P' sounding alphabet in their language. Most modern Arabs use the 'B' sound for 'P'. I still chuckle when I hear my Egyptian friend wanting to find a place on Friday to park and then pray :-)<BR/><BR/>- TexanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-42661305805888793022008-03-22T13:07:29.923-05:002008-03-22T13:07:29.923-05:00sidekick, right about the pronunciation of the last name. Like my chemistry teacher used to tease me: Havewala, huh-vey shoo karoo?<BR/><BR/>Megan, a long time ago a bunch of Zoroastrians, facing religious persecution in Iran, got on a boat and sailed all the way to Navsari in Gujarat. Those dudes stayed in India and to cut a long story short came to be known as Parsis. All Parsis are Zoroastrians but it doesn't work the other way around.<BR/><BR/>Fabian sounds like a Persian name to me more than Parsi but I could be wrong. If you are going to ask him to cook be prepared for some middle eastern food. Parsi food is much more delicious because its hugely influenced by Indian food.<BR/><BR/>Amrita, that game - never got its name. But once you jump up on all the guys you are supposed to hold up a count on your fingers and say "Kitti Kitti" which I think is Marathi for how many. And if they guess, you have to go under and the other guys get a chance to jump on you. If the guys can't hold your weight or can't guess, they go under again. That game should be called Spinal Tap based on the strain on the back.Aspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08060207061740733110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-66825371746612816942008-03-22T10:59:56.757-05:002008-03-22T10:59:56.757-05:00Ahh! Finally the D memsaab breaks her silence! Or have I missed it, while I was rushing by, in any earlier post?<BR/><BR/>Good to see you. Have to say this -you are quite a family - errr...of writers is what I meant! :-)Pritihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12071921844102884509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-419455148802226042008-03-22T09:27:37.942-05:002008-03-22T09:27:37.942-05:00a manish sighting :::waves::: ... manish, i agree with mind rush - u shd stop by more often :)<BR/><BR/>Meant to wish the drift first fam a happy navroze, but forgot to add that in my post last nite. and to everyone, i'll add my happy holi and happy easter too (thanks megan!) <BR/><BR/>drift memsaab, u don't post often but u always make it count --- keep rocking as malaika may say :)<BR/><BR/>and aspi, isn't it Huh-vay?sidekicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-57075820593878555362008-03-22T04:23:46.519-05:002008-03-22T04:23:46.519-05:00oops btw <BR/>happy nowrooz/navroze <BR/><BR/>happy holi<BR/><BR/>and happy easter toomegannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-50288261207110922672008-03-22T04:21:48.217-05:002008-03-22T04:21:48.217-05:00i found out that my friend's roommate is zoroastrian and i didn't even know. i was checking his facebook profile and it said something about Nowrooz and i was like i have heard of this before..<BR/><BR/>His name is Fabian. next time i am over her place i should ask Fabian to cook me some parsi food and say something to like totally surprise him with my knowledge. ASPI what should i say that is totally parsi? <BR/><BR/>are all zoroastrians parsis? and all parsis zoroastrians? one of my mom's cousin is married to some dude whose surname is Khambatta and he is a parsi but has a muslim name.megannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-40346705033273263922008-03-21T23:47:51.987-05:002008-03-21T23:47:51.987-05:00AnuG - i'm just glad to have company. :) I notice he didn't tell us how to pronounce it. Hmmmmm.<BR/><BR/>Aspi - jumping over crouched children? Er - leapfrog? Heh heh. <BR/><BR/>And a big LOL @ the memsaab. It clearly behooves me to get myself a Parsi husband.Amritahttp://indiequill.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-21325968820679116852008-03-21T23:27:15.127-05:002008-03-21T23:27:15.127-05:00Well, the hubby provokes me to speak..And hell hath no fury like a Memsaab stereotyped! <BR/><BR/>Aspi, overall, the blog post had the heart warming effect of <BR/>Barjatya Productions. But that reference to Raveena Tandon yelling and our young boy Drift listening meekly reminded of many older Parsi couples in and around Have. <BR/><BR/>Not that I am complaining....After all, to quote a famous book, "The meek shall inherit the earth."The Drift (so-called) Memsaabnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-48510672040887699372008-03-21T23:17:12.545-05:002008-03-21T23:17:12.545-05:00Ah Pittu - we used to call it Satodia. Now anyone remember the name of that back breaking game where kids (mostly boys) had to stand crouching and the other team jumped on them? Boy, that was fun if you were the one doing the jumping.<BR/><BR/>anon, there are two major Parsi festivals: Time to Dance and Time to Eat. Other stuff gets made up because we don't want to feel left out.<BR/><BR/>sidekick, before I forget, have a fun March Madness.Aspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08060207061740733110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-21922842732679033992008-03-21T23:10:03.072-05:002008-03-21T23:10:03.072-05:00I would not mind a mini blog on Parsi festivals and what they mean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-92079099263976124642008-03-21T23:09:14.132-05:002008-03-21T23:09:14.132-05:00Manish, dude, I have missed you! Hope you will come by again. I always wondered what you were up to...that famous artwork of yours is etched in my brain forever. <BR/><BR/>Belated happy Navroze, Aspi and family!Mind Rushnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-81740515682162372552008-03-21T22:56:42.297-05:002008-03-21T22:56:42.297-05:00Navroze Mubarak!Manishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-67836573952983415532008-03-21T20:18:43.939-05:002008-03-21T20:18:43.939-05:00awww... what a lovely confession, aspi. u'd said this one would be tame, but somehow this tops the earlier two! as with everyone else here, it brings back a flood of memories of magical summer holidays spent in rural settings at grandparents' homes. those were the days --- extended family, lots of cousins --- much masti and shararat . <BR/><BR/>i think i've played raveena all my life --- and continue to do so :). my brother's and multivarious cousins' scars bear witness ;)sidekicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-63415227583822707922008-03-21T19:29:04.829-05:002008-03-21T19:29:04.829-05:00Pittu is seven stones. I use to love that game.Joulesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-6881937758659253162008-03-21T18:59:13.695-05:002008-03-21T18:59:13.695-05:00happy navroz!rithanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-46402671688902279572008-03-21T16:20:47.926-05:002008-03-21T16:20:47.926-05:00Whats pittu?Aspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08060207061740733110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-78019977736514701812008-03-21T16:15:17.023-05:002008-03-21T16:15:17.023-05:00Happy Navroze, Aspi.<BR/>Some good memories there. Being an only child has its advantages too. :)I remember riding on the back of a bicycle for 10 km to attend a doll marriage :D.I also played gilli danda and pittu.Tanianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-26727318137614160882008-03-21T15:31:03.677-05:002008-03-21T15:31:03.677-05:00Thanks for more wishes everyone. FYI, Drift Memsaab celebrates everything but just for the record she is not a Parsi. She comes from the land in India where the mountains are high, the doodh is fresh and everyone is a bhaiya(ji). Heh heh, she's going to kill me for saying that.<BR/><BR/>Navroze is the Persian New Year - its a different calender, the first day falls on Spring Equinox.Aspihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08060207061740733110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365538972650430145.post-47482360664593914952008-03-21T15:16:02.399-05:002008-03-21T15:16:02.399-05:00Enlighten me people, why is Navroze celebrated? I want a drift lesson as I am completely clueless about it. <BR/><BR/>I wish you all the good tidings for it Aspi.leerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441380539117420183noreply@blogger.com