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The 10th Annual Vandar Cha San (Bandra Feast) 2014
September 19th, 2014
Vol 4
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Contents:
About The East Indian Community, Dubai
Bandra Then & Now
The Seven Island Of Bombay
who we East Indians are ?!
9 Things Only Bandra Buggers will Understand
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About The Mobaikar East Indian Community
Dubai
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About The Mobaikar East Indian Community
Dubai
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The UAE East Indian
Community, Dubai was first
founded in 2005 by like-minded of East
Indians from Mumbai. The principle aim of
forming this committee is to preserve
the rich culture and heritage of this great
community of Mumbai in Dubai and also
bringing together the East Indians from all
over the UAE.
The principle aim of forming this
committee is to preserve the rich
culture and heritage of this great
community of Mumbai in Dubai and also
bringing together the East Indians from all
over the UAE. Catholic faith, mainly in the
period of 1547 to 1600.
Salsette, Bassein, Thane, Rajgad and
Korali, they were identified by their
occupations; Kunbis, Bhandaries,
Agries, Samvedi Brahmins, Vadvals, Kolis,
Prabhus, Khatris etc.
Besides bringing the community
together, the committee also looks to
providing the much needed financial
assistance to charitable institutions in
Mumbai.
Mee Mobikar:
The UAE East Indian
community consists of over 4000
Catholics from Mumbai. In order to
bring together the community, the East
Indian Committee, Dubai has organized
various events with its first ever Vandar
Cha San (Bandra Feast) in Dubai, UAE
in 2005 and Erangal Feast with the first
ever Gulf East Indian Marathi Singing
Competition in Barracuda, Umm Al
Quwain, UAE in 2007.
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Through the years the Vandar Cha San and the Marathi Singing Competition
have gained enormous success and through them the committee has helped charitable
institutions that have provided assistance to:
the B eneficiaries:
From 2007 to 2011: Shanti Avedna, Bandra for Cancer patients
In 2008:
Home for the Aged in Vasai
In 2010 & 2011:
St Vincent De Paul, VasaiIn 2011:
Nirmay Niketan-Trombay,
Kripa Foundation and East Indian
Scholarship
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This is “a little town on the Thana coast...
the most obscure place in the south west
corner of Salsette... that bears a name
famous in the annals of Catholic religion in
the North Konkan - Bandra.”
Early Inhabitants And Their Occupation:
Crooked, narrow lanes, cottages
with red tiled roofs, white-washed crosses
marking every corner, fishing nets hung up
to mend, a view of palm trees, azure skies,
and boats bobbing up and down gently on a
glittering green ocean. A gentle breeze, an
aroma of prawn balchao, ah the feeling of
lazy summer. Ah Goa! Oh, but no! This is
not Goa.
The place about which traveller-
writer-painter James Douglas wrote in
1892, “Bandara, Mahim, Thana are fishy,
fishier, fishiest, a region of blue bottle flies
where the land is manured, and the trees
also with fish.”
Christians in Bandra were mostly of the
Koli & Bhandari castes, originally from
Bombay Salcette, Bassein & Thana, as well
as Kunbi farmers who migrated to the
island from Colaba, because the ban on the
fish manure they used.
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The Portuguese built several
churches in Bandra, one of the earliest being
St. Andrew’s Church in 1575. Six churches
with separate parishes lie within an area
of four square kilometers. These churches
are: Mount Carmel, St. Peter’s Church, St.
Andrew’s Church, St. Theresa’s Church, St.
Anne’s and St. Francis D’Assisi Church.
The Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount is
affiliated to the parish of St. Andrew’s
Church, Bandra.
Ghodbunder Rd, which originally ran from
Mahim causeway, then skirted Bazaar
Rd, went past the Bandra talav (lake) and
continued to Ghodbunder, in Thane
Dist. The Road was later made straight by
cutting through the talav. Bazaar Rd began
at Ghodbunder Rdopposite the mosque and
ran through the market keeping close to
the coast which is now the reclamation.
Bazaar Rd is only 2 km long but houses
a Jain temple, Ram Mandir, Hanuman
temple, Khoja mosque, Christian chapel
and a Sikh gurduwara.
Bandra had 2 hills, Mount Mary hill and
Pali hill. Hill Rd starting from the station
went through middle of Bandra town, past
St Andrews to terminate at the foot of
the Mount near Mehboob studio. Pali Rd
began at St Peters and cut through Pali
village till it reached Danda; BJ Rd runs
from St Andrews to Lands End, was built
by Byramjee Jeejebhoy and opened to
public in 1878. Main roads in Bandra,
Perry, Carter, Bullock, Kane and Bates
were named after British collectors and
magistrates. Mr Carter was collector in 1924
and Mr Bullock was the Chief Magistrate.
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It was about just ten years that
the railways had arrived in India and two
railway companies, The Great Indian
Peninsula Railway (GIPR, now called
Central Railway - CR) and the Bombay
Baroda and Central India (BB&CI, now
called Western Railway - WR), had
begun operating in Bombay, fiercely
competing with each other to vie
passengers’ attention.
It was amid this competition that
Bandra station then called Bandora
was established in 1864. The station had
to look attractive and officers of the BB&CI
Railway worked overnight to prepare plans
of the station building.
“In fact the design and structure of the
Bandra station building were finalized in
London and to get precision the entire
decorative roof and its arches were built
there. Once ready, they were dismantled,
put in a steamer ship and brought here.
The station waited for its roof for more
than four years. At Bandra, the structure
was assembled again and put over the
station around 1869. Even the Manglorean
tiles over the station’s roof were specially
manufactured for the station.
Bandra rainway Station
The outer building, however, was built
in 1888,” city railway historian GD
Patwardhan writes in one of his railway
chronicles.
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Bandra - Mahim Causeway
The Mahim Causeway is a vital
link road connecting South Mumbai with
its northern suburbs. The causeway links
the neighbourhoods of Mahim to the south
with Bandra to the north.
The Mahim Causeway was built between
1841 to 1846 to connect the island of
Salsette with Mahim. The swampy area
between the two islands made travel
dangerous and thus a need for a causeway
arose.
The British East India Company,
who governed Bombay at that time,
refused to fund the project. This led Lady
Jeejeebhoy, wife of the first baronet Sir
Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, to donate the
entire amount of Rs.1,57,000/- on the
condition that the government would not
charge a toll for its use or disturb the Koli
community who lived around the area.
The Mahim causeway forms the link
between Swami Vivekanand Road and
L.J.Road, being the stretch between Bandra
masjid and Mahim church (St. Michael’s).
St.Micheals church is of great importance
for Bandraite’s as many Christians from
Bandra go there for Novenas.
It is not to be confused with the
Bandra-Worli Sea Link, a major
infrastructural project opened on June
30, 2009 which is designed to ease traffic
across the causeway by building another
bridge across the Mahim Bay.
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The Queen Of Suburbs
“ Queen of the Suburbs”, that’s how the suburb of Bandra is
descried, and rightly so! Everyone loves
this suburb. It is the symbol of Mumbai’s
cosmopolitan lifestyle. From the energetic
nightlife, the seafronts of Bandstand and
Carters Road and the celebrities, we are in
awe of everything that Bandra has to offer.
There’s so much happening in Bandra, so
much life, so much excitement. It’s difficult
to comprehend why just one suburb, in this
huge a mega polis, has been blessed with so
much.
What makes Bandra so Special?
It’s the sense of community; right from the
physical presence of small neighbourhoods,
to the inexplicable feeling of belonging and
camaraderie that the residents of Bandra
have. People have the desire to be proactive
and celebrate the spirit and culture of the
suburb.
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Bandra Fair is a week long fair held
annually in the Bandra suburb of Mumbai,
India starting on the following Sunday
after September 8. It is celebrated to
commemorate the Nativity of Mary,
mother of Jesus, on September 8 at
the Mount Mary Church, Bandra. The
Bandra Fair is estimated to be around 300
years old. The fair started when a statue of
Mother Mary was found floating in the
Arabian Sea between 1700 and 1760,
which, according to a legend, a Koli
fisherman had dreamt about a few years
earlier.
Celebrations: The Fair draws lakhs of
devotees and pilgrims annually. Many
faithful attest to the miraculous
powers of the Mount. During the Fair, tens
of thousands visit the shrine of Our Lady
of Mount.
The shrine attracts people from
all faiths who pray to the statue
for thanksgiving or requesting of
favours. During the Fair, the
entire area is decorated
with festoons and buntings. Many
pitch up stalls selling religious
objects like wax idols of Mother
Mary along with an assortment of
Sweets like Guava cheese, Kadio bodio (tiny
stick made of Maida flour dipped in sugar
syrup and dried) from Goa, Mawa peda
(thick cookie made using evaporated milk)
from Uttar Pradesh, Halva from Kerala,
Tamil Nadu, and Delhi, and the chikki (a
sweet made from groundnuts and jaggery)
from Maharashtra are usually found at the
stalls during the fair.
candles shaped like hands, feet and
various other parts of the body. The sick
people choose one that corresponds to
their ailment and light it in Church, with
the hope that Mother Mary will consider
their appeals for help.
Bandra Fair
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Land Reclamation And Sea Link Bridge
Prior to the reclamation the sea
shores almost touched parts of the Bandra
Bazaar Road and Chapel Road. Just like
Chimbai and Danda there were fishermen
in this area too. After reclamation chilren
of Bandra used to play Cricket and others
sports at this large open area.
The Bandra–Worli Sea Link, officially called
Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link, is a cable-stayed
bridge with pre-stressed concrete-steel
viaducts on either side that links Bandra
in the Western Suburbs of Mumbai with
Worli in South Mumbai. The bridge is a part
of the proposed Western Freeway that will
link the Western Suburbs to Nariman Point
in Mumbai’s main business district.
The INR1600 crore (US$240
million) bridge was commissioned by the
Maharashtra State Road Development
Corporation (MSRDC), and built by
the Hindustan Construction Company.
The first four of the eight lanes of the bridge
were opened to the public on 30 June 2009.
All eight lanes were opened on 24 March
2010. The sea-link reduces travel time
between Bandra and Worli during peak
hours from 60–90 minutes to 20–30
minutes. As of October 2009, BWSL
had an average daily
traffic of around 37,500 vehicles.
Mahim Causeway was the only road
connecting the western suburbs to
Mumbai’s central business district. This
north-southwestern corridor became a
bottleneck and was highly congested at
peak hours. The West Island Freeway
project was proposed to span the
entire western coastline of Mumbai to ease
congestion.
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Mahim And It’s Connection With Bandra
Bandrites frequently go to
St.Micheals Church in Mahim for mass,
especially Novenas. Many of them
pronounce it as MAIM which sound
pronouncing ‘Mahim’ correctly.
Surprisingly they are right as the
Portuguese used to call it MAIJIM as seen
in the old maps of Mahim.
However the connection between
Bandra and Mahim is very old. Earlier
both Bandra and Mahim had busy sea
ports and old patamar sailboats used to be
seen at these busy ports as well as in the
Bandra-Mahim Bay as well as along
Bandra’s coastline.
Bandra and Mahim share a Causeway as
well as the Mithi River, Creek and Bay.
The other common factor is that both
Mahim and Bandra have forts. In the past
many a battle has been waged between
Mahim and Bandra and cannons from their
forts used to fire at each other across the
Bandra-Mahim bay.
There was no causeway at that time and the
land at Mahim ended at St.Micheals church.
Exactly on the opposite side of the Mithi
River/Creek there was the Santa Anna For-
tress and Church. The current width of
the river/creek that separates Banra from
Mahim is just 44 meters. This used to be
1 kilometer during in the 1600’s which got
reduced when the land was reclaimed to
construct the Bandra-Mahim causeway.
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Through The Years2004 - 2014
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Through The Years2004 - 2014
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Cottages And Bunglows
Other than many new buildings Bandra has some very good old cottages &
bungalows which give it a unique look. Some are very well maintained but even the very
old rustic ones add to the charm of Bandra. Without them Bandra would not look the
same.
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The Future Of Bandra
Most people say the Bandra
has lost its chram and things will get
worse as time passes by. This is true if one
considers its condition on Land, however
it is the great waterfront that Bandra has
been blessed by nature that has still to
be exploited. Its centuries old Mithi Riv-
er is almost a stenchy nala at the current
moment, but its this very river that can
turn around Bandra into marina and water
sports complex.
Bandra had 2-3 beaches and those can be
also restored. The fishing villages can be
transformed by cleaning them up. The bay
can also become a vast area where boats
and yatches can ply as well as floating
restaurants.
Also, its lake or taloa lies waiting to be
used as a boating club and water sports
activities. Bandra rocky sea shore is
however quite well utilized at
Bandstand but there is a lot more that can
be done at other such areas.
To make things more interesting, a
huge wooden boat can be created just
like the old Portuguese ships, in which
people can be taken on it for trips where the
history of Bandra can be enacted by live
actors. The food served on this ship will be
that of Goan, East Indian and Manglorean
recipes. This will all help attract tourist as
well as educate the people of Bandra and
others about its History and culture. The
beaches all along the bay can be restored
and promenades can be created as well.
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The Seven Island
Of Bomabay
The Seven Island
Of Bomabay
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over a period of 5 centuries Bombay, which was one of oldest and best example of
fight for human survival in Indian history, has slowly transformed into today’s Mumbai.
What do we mean by ‘transformed’? Typically the answer to such questions has the same
plot – start with the first chapter (old school is always the best school!). Let’s turn the
hourglass and race against time.
Before The High Tide
“ All things exist in sevens, since it is the nature of the universe to exist in sevens”
Enoch Tan, creator of Mind Reality
7 days of creation, 7 days in a week, 7
deadly sins, 7 notes in music, 7 colors in a
rainbow, 7 states of matter, 7 continents of
the World, 7 stars of the Big Dipper, 7 seas,
snow white’s 7 dwarfs and James Bond
007!
Once upon a time there was an archipelago
of lush green seven islands, dotted with
22 hills at the west coast of India, with the
Arabian sea washing through them at high
tide. These were the habitat of Kolis, the
local indigenous people of western India
whose main means of living was fishing.
They consisted of Bombay, which was only
24 km long and 4 km wide from Dongri to
The story of Mumbai also starts with 7 –
The Seven Islands of Bombay.
Malabar Hill (at its broadest point) and
was the main harbour and nucleus of
British fort around which the city grew,
Colaba, Old Woman’s Island, Mazagaon,
Worli, Parel and Mahim.
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City By the Sea
For centuries, the islands
were under the control of successive
indigenous empires before being ceded to
the British East India Company. The waves
were progressing inwards at Worli and
Mahim, which turned the land between
the islands into a swamp, making Mumbai
islands extreamly unhealthy and journeys
between them dangerous.
During the next 150 years many
reclamations were undertaken to
improve matters. From 1782 onwards,
huge amounts of sand was dredged and
rocks blasted off the hills situated on the
islands were quarried on account of many
large-scale civil engineering projects aimed
at merging all seven islands. Under the first
project, causeways were developed over
small creeks of Umarkhadi and Pydhonie
to join Mazagaon to Bombay.
Phase I: Hornby Vellard Project
Then governor William Hornby gave a
nod for the building of a sea-wall named
Hornby Vellard ( Portuguese word ‘vallado’
meaning fence or embankment) to block
the Worli creek sealing the Great Breach
(Breach Candy) between Dongri, Malabar
hill and Worli.
The wall was expected to block the
incoming waves from flooding the
low lying areas of the city and was
completed in 1784. It, thus, facilitated the
reclamation of 400 acres of land on which
the city spread. The surroundings of
Mahalaxmi, Kamathipura, Tardeo and
parts of Bycullah were inhabited by the
crowd from central city. The cost was
estimated at about Rs. 1,00,000.
Eventually many causeways were built to
connect various land masses developed.
It included a causeway from Salsette to
Sion in 1803 and Mahim to Bandra in
1845. Mahim and Bandra were joined at a
total cost of Rs 1,57,000 granted by Lady
Avabai Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, wife of the
first baronet Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy,
from her personal pocket.
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Phase I: Colaba Causeway
The Colaba causeway was completed in 1838 joining Colaba, Old Woman’s Island and
nearby small islands to Bombay. In 1870, the hills of Chinchpokli and Byculla area were
quarried and thrown into the sea, to fill up the gaps around railway lines and land masses
so as to leave no room for stagnant water. The Bombay City Improvement trust completed
reclamation of a massive 90,000 square yards of land alongside the west coast of Colaba
by 1905.
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City became the important centre of
trade and commerce and additional plans
were made to reclaim more land for
building roads and rail tracks. Bombay
began to attract many traders and
population increased quickly from 13,726
in 1780 to 9,77,822 in 1906.
To accommodate the exponentially
growing population major constructions
happened in Bombay from 1870 to 1970
which ended with the Backbay
Reclamation.
The Backbay Reclamation Company (BRC)
was formed in the 1860s with the aim to
reclaim the Back Bay which is in between
Colaba and Bombay islands. But the BRC
went bankrupt in 1865 as the land prices
fell drastically and the small strip of
reclaimed land was given away to
Government Railways for construction of
railway lines between the islands.
This was followed by another proposal by
the Development Directorate in 1917.
They aimed to reclaim 607 hectares of land
filling up the entire Backbay by 1945 at an
overall estimated expenditure of Rs
11 crores. However, the construction
came to a steady halt when The Backbay
Enquiry Committee headed by K F Nari-
man pointed out faults in the construction
like an inefficient dredging craft and leak-
age of 9,00,000 cubic yards of sand through
the new sea wall constructed under this
project.
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Eventually, 94 of the 100 hectares developed was sold to military and on the remaining
Marine Drive was established.Third Backbay Reclamation project built the Nariman Point
and Cuffe Parade over the garbage of the city illegally dumped into the Arabian sea!
As The City Grew
The Supreme Court slowed down the
reclamations since 1970 in the interest of
protecting the shoreline and fishermen.
And the Supreme Court has added more
restriction in 1990s with the Coastal
Regulatory Zones. Why did they have to
put these restrictions?
“ Self-interest is the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for a ” man with self-surrender
Every city at the coast has wetlands,
wastelands, mangroves and salt-pan lands
which act like buffers in slowing down the
high tide before it reaches the mainland.
In the past 10 years each of these
has been destroyed systematically in
Mumbai. For the construction of Bandra-
Worli sea link the Mithi river is blocked with
reclamations. 20,000 hectares of wet
lands were destroyed in the name of
urbanizarion in Vasai-Virar and 7,000
hectares of wet lands were replaced by
Jawaharlal Nehru Port. So no cushion is left
to absorb the surplus water of the sea during
the high tide or for the heavy rains during the
monsoons.
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Vandar Cha San 2014All this water has to be kept under control if the land in Bombay is to remain habitable.
The waves hitting the land of Bombay move with rapid and fierce force in the ocean which
are slowly arrested by the shallow creeks near Colaba, Bandra and Mahim and they take
the shape of the coast reaching the land at much calmer pace. Now that the Mahim Bay
and Back Bay are being reclaimed, the waves can only be dissipated by the Malad creek in
the North. The violent waves hit the land and the course of sea changes drastically towards
the Malad creek in north which is causing massive erosion of Versova Beach. The ill effects
of excessive land reclamations can also be seen from the recurring floods in Ulhas and
Vaitarna rivers in the low lying areas of Bombay. Only proper planning and prevention
measures can find long term solutions to these geological hazards.
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Who Are We East Indians?!?!
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Who Are We East Indians?!?!
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General confusion over
our origins is something every East
Indian is intimately familiar with.
For a community with roots
planted firmly in Bombay, it is difficult
explaining people that we are not – as the
name points out – from the East of India.
We are not (well, most of us at least aren’t)
descendants of the employees of the East
India Company – British or otherwise.
The East Indians of Mumbai are essentially
the native residents of Bombay (of course,
it wasn’t known as Bombay back then)
converted to Christianity many years ago –
back when St. Bartholomew himself visited
the Western coast of India (2nd Century
AD).
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It is to the Portuguese however, who came
much later, that we owe much of our
traditions, architectural styles, cuisine
and various dialects. It was the Portuguese
after all, who gathered the Christians
already thriving in the area and were
responsible for ensuring the continued
existence of parishes and churches.
Had the British not been such a
dominating influence on Indian politics
and society, the East Indians would have
probably continued using the moniker
Portuguese Christians.
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The caste system exists in our
community and while it no longer holds
as much power over modern East Indian
society, it does help differentiate the
various dialects, cultural traditions,
customs and even the kind of masalas and
pickles we make!
Over the years, the East Indians have kept
alive the traditions that were carried out
before Roman Catholicism and Latin took
over our religion and language. Coastal
Konkan foods like Sanna (soft rice flat-
bread), Bombil (Bombay Duck) fry and
rural Maharashtrian foods like dried
mango fish curry and cucumber cake, to
name a few, find their way on to our tables.
Marathi however, is considered the
mother tongue of our people and for
written communication we use the
Shudh (pure) Marathi prevalent in
the state of Maharashtra. The dialects
however, differ from region-to-region
and caste-to-caste.
For instance, in Vasai (Bassein) alone,
there are the Valkar, Vaadval, Kaado,
Koli, Paanmaali, Maankar, etc.
each with their own dialect and with
subtle but definite differences in wedding
customs, cuisine and jewellery among
other things.
Jewellery:
The Valkar gold jewellery is more
reminiscent of delicate floral and
geometric patterns, while Vaadval gold
jewellery is chunkier and heavier in design
and pattern.
It is taboo these days to get into details
about the caste divisions, and rightly so.
But just to illustrate a point, back in the
days of the British, the Valkars tended
to pursue clerical/office jobs while the
Vaadvals were landowners and farmers –
these occupational details further shaping
the dialects and certain customs.
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Our homes were all built the same way
though – cow dung-floors, tiled roofs,
wooden beams supporting the roof, a
proper hearth in the kitchen, a verandah
with enough space for a wooden swing
and a pit or two in the floor to pound
spices. These homes are rare now and are
uninhabitable, except for ones in the
deepest gaothans (villages).
Today, the East Indians are just one of
the many minorities living in their home
state and largely forgotten by the rest of
Mumbai.
But we are present in Vasai, Uttan, Gorai,
Mazagaon, Mahim, Vakola, Kalina, Marol,
Chakala, Bandra, Parel, Parla, in every
‘Galyan saakli sonyaachi‘ sung, in the beats
of the ghumat at weddings, in piping hot,
soft foogyas, in spicy pork indyaal
(vindaloo) made using the East Indian
Indyaal Masala, in the famous Bottle
Masala, in the weave of vivid, bright
lugdas and in a lot of Fernandes’, Pereiras,
Mirandas, Almeidas, Sequeiras, Rebellos,
Lopes’, Furtados, D’mellos, Gonsalves’ and
D’souzas.
These last names may be shared by a lot
of Goans and Mangaloreans as well, but
look closer and you just may be able to tell
an East Indian from the other Christian
Indian ethnicities.
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9 Things Only Bandra Buggers Will Understand
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You know the phrase “Cun men George put tru, put tru men, you bugger” or “Fudder in-laws awlas” as synonyms for “pass
the ball George” and “father in laws balls.”
You know exactly where Candies is.
You have cursed bleddy Sharukh khan for blocking all the traffic, especially during the Bandra Fair time.
You have seen Jazzy Jo’ play his trumpet around Bandra, for sure!
You know that nothing can ever taste better than boneless chicken Biryani at Janata, especially after 6 beers and some rum!
You have seen Anita Lobo on your way to work or school, she is Mumbai’s only female traffic warden and she has vowed to make
Bandra a better place.
You miss every bite of the beef chilly burger from Gondolas!
You have said “What men bleddy bugger, making jam on bandstand” to this guy more than once of all the people who keep
hanging outside his house!
And last but not the least, you are a true Bandra Bugger if you have raced on Carter Road and escaped cartoon characters like the
hawaldar.
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All the committee members for the Wedding Pickel & Sorportel
Management & Staff of Sheraton Deira, Dubai
‘All committee members & their families for all the support in
preparing the ‘Vandar Cha San 2014’
Vandar Cha San 2014
Print Partners:Beckie’s Creations
With Best Compliments from
Ancy D’SouzaChristina D’SouzaGregory MurzelloCassilda Murzello
Oliver Pereira
Ronnie PereiraAnita Pereira
Gerhard GabrielAmita GabrielUrmila Pereira
The principle goal of our committee is to preserve our distinct culture & customs & help our less
fortunate brethren in Mumbai.
