'Folk Tales of Bengal' by Lal Bahari Day is available as an iBook at £2.49 as is 'Tales of the Punjab: Folklore of India' by Flora Annie Steel (1847-1925) at £0.99 Chris -----Original Message----- From: india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael Ali Sent: 13 July 2012 05:56 To: woodart@woodart.com.au; india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Words of Indian origin. My wife's has a book entitled ' Folk Tales of Bengal' published in the 1880s which has a lot of fantastic stories. Recently, we re-read the book. It makes fantastic reading. Mike - Release Date: 07/13/12

Mussoorie blues July 15, 2012 Eugenie Catherine West (d. 1895) of Mussoorie - a remarkable woman who embarked upon a brave and selfless cause. She was the first superintendent of the Christian Training School and Orphanage that began with precisely two pupils in a rambling house atop Jaberkhet and was to later transform into the Wynberg Homes and finally the Wynberg Allen School as it is now called. >From a purely philanthropic initiative meant to provide quality education in a healthy environment at highly subsidised fees to a professionally-run, high-ranking school, among the best of the hill schools in Upper India, the Wynberg Allen School has had a long journey as it gears up to celebrate its quasquicentennial year. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/article3641338.ece ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Here it is, Michael, online: Folk-tales of Bengal (1883) Author: Rev Lal Behari Day Publisher: Macmillan http://archive.org/details/folktalesbengal00daygoog ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Ali" My wife's has a book entitled ' Folk Tales of Bengal' published in the 1880s which has a lot of fantastic stories. Recently, we re-read the book. It makes fantastic reading.

It certainly is - my grandad used it and we still do! He was a tea planter in Ceylon. See ya! ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Feltham" <wantok@me.com> To: <woodart@woodart.com.au>; <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Hobson-Jobson: The words English owes toIndia > G'day Ainslie, > > On 13/07/2012, at 09:28 AM, Ainslie wrote: > >> Most interesting information! >> >> I recall an expression in our household (my grandfather served in India >> in the late 1800s to 1907) >> about 'not caring a brass razoo' - > > The expression is still current in Australia. > > > ooroo > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi folks, The discussion about 'brass razoo' reminded me of my late grandfather's tales of his militiary escapades in India (and later in Europe during WW1. Back in the late 1940s, when by this time he had three grandchildren, he wrote a fantasy children's book called "The Gubbazoo" - it was a story based on a friendly flying brontosaurus rex - style dinosaur which gave children rides on its back as it flew them high over the countryside. It wasn't scarey - or not that I recall!! I'm wondering if Gubbazoo has some connection to Indian mythical tales and if so what sort of creature is/was it? Cheers Ainslie

Dear Ainslie, Indian folklore is full of mythical creatures. And from place to place, from language to language--we have around 15 official languages and many many dialects-- and from culture to culture, they take different forms and different names but you often notice a common thread in most of these stories. Many scholars have collected them into books, A K Ramanujan one of the most famous among them. His *Folk Tales from India* and *Flowering Tree* are two books that comes to mind readily. But while writing his his book, I feel J J Stroud may have been influenced by the most popular of these stories in India-- that of the mythical bird, Jatayu. It is a bird with with many human qualities, and it appears in the epic *Ramayana* where Jatayu tries to stop the demon king Ravana of southern island of Lanka when he was abducting Sita, wife of Prince Rama of Ayodhya, in his aeroplane called Pushpak. Ravana strikes him down with his sword, clipping his wings and the bird falls like a mountain to the earth. In Trivandrum, on the southern tip of Indian sub-continent, there is a hill called Jatayuppara, the Jatayu Rock,which folktales say is the place where the bird hit the land. he became a mountain and the hill looks like huge bird resting. Well, you have many such places all over India where the folks tell you the connection with mythical characters like Sita, Rama, Ravana, Sugreeva and Bali, the monkey kings and many many others.

Hi All, Is there anybody out there who used to live in S. Croydon, UK in the 1950/60/70 time frame who would have known the Lazar family. They were Mrs. Louise Lazar and her daughters, Emily, Florence and Eldwyth (sp?) ... Florence was a nurse and I believe Eldwyth was the only married one. I am sure that all four of them are gone now, but I would like to get in touch with any of their descendants. Any information, however remote it might be, that you can share would be would be most appreciated - (I know that there was a Mrs. Bridgit (I think) Brown who was a neighbor, she was an Irish lady with many children - and they emigrated to Australia). Thank you, Sandra

G'day Ainslie, On 13/07/2012, at 09:28 AM, Ainslie wrote: > Most interesting information! > > I recall an expression in our household (my grandfather served in India > in the late 1800s to 1907) > about 'not caring a brass razoo' - The expression is still current in Australia. ooroo

Most interesting information! I recall an expression in our household (my grandfather served in India in the late 1800s to 1907) about 'not caring a brass razoo' - Cheers Ainslie.

My wife's has a book entitled ' Folk Tales of Bengal' published in the 1880s which has a lot of fantastic stories. Recently, we re-read the book. It makes fantastic reading. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Ainslie <woodart@woodart.com.au> To: india-british-raj <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, Jul 13, 2012 6:56 am Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Words of Indian origin. Hi folks, The discussion about 'brass razoo' reminded me of my late grandfather's tales of his militiary escapades in India (and later in Europe during WW1. Back in the late 1940s, when by this time he had three grandchildren, he wrote a fantasy children's book called "The Gubbazoo" - it was a story based on a friendly flying brontosaurus rex - style dinosaur which gave children rides on its back as it flew them high over the countryside. It wasn't scarey - or not that I recall!! I'm wondering if Gubbazoo has some connection to Indian mythical tales and if so what sort of creature is/was it? Cheers Ainslie ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_razoo This is what I learnt when I was a boy in Australia in the 1940s and '50s. Gordon -----Original Message----- From: india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ainslie Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 6:28 PM To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Hobson-Jobson: The words English owes to India Most interesting information! I recall an expression in our household (my grandfather served in India in the late 1800s to 1907) about 'not caring a brass razoo' - Cheers Ainslie.

HOBSON-JOBSON A marvellous book, once I pick it up I find it hard to put down. Far more than a dictionary. David Sharon said: Thought listers would find this article interesting: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18796493#TWEET172048

Thought listers would find this article interesting: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18796493#TWEET172048 Best, Sharon

I have forwarded this mail to many of my book lover friends. -- Harshawardhan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne Hadley" Posting this on behalf of Ray Barnes. It's for a really good cause, guys....if you can help, please contact Ray. Cheers, Lynne. :)) "can you help us out by putting the word around for USED AND OLD BOOKS FOR OUR LIBRARY? : THE BISHOPS HERITAGE SCHOOL I would welcome old / used books of any age / time

Dear Group, The article about Bahadur Shah Zafar is a good summary of the Delhi history of the Mutiny presented by William Dalrymple in his eminently readable book 'The Last Mughal - The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857. The website www.kapadia.com is also worth a visit by anyone who may be interested in Bahadur Shah Zafar. He is associated in the common person's mind with two gazals, supposedly written by him, lamenting his captive life in Rangoon. These are 'lagtaa nahii hai dil meraa ujRe dayaar meiN' and 'naa kisii kii aaNkh kaa nuur huuN' and have become very popular since Mohmad Rafi sang them in the 1960 movie 'Lal Qila'. There is, however, some scholarly doubt as to whether Bahadur Shah indeed composed them. (See the discussion at http://sundeepdougal.tripod.com/Zafar.html) The two gazals are available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecgqELkF6yg and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoAOCPUk89Q&feature=related Arvind Kolhatkar, Toronto, July 10, 2012.

Hi Guys, Posting this on behalf of Ray Barnes. It's for a really good cause, guys....if you can help, please contact Ray. Cheers, Lynne. :)) a.. Call : +91-8102439601 a.. Email : rchbarnes@gmail.com http://www.bishopsheritage.com/about-us.aspx http://bishopsheritageschool.blogspot.com.au/ "can you help us out by putting the word around for USED AND OLD BOOKS FOR OUR LIBRARY? I WOULD WELCOME BOOKS AT ALL OR ANY LEVEL - STAFF OR STUDENT ADDRESS WHERE TO SEND A PARCEL: THE BISHOPS HERITAGE SCHOOL PO ANANDPUR - BIHTA BESIDE HOME GUARD CAMP BIHTA PATNA 801103 - BIHAR I N D I A I would welcome old / used books of any age / time We are somewhat cut-off from civilization in so many ways.... our Library would be a WEALTH of info, not just for the school but for others who visit and work here too...... Just a thought..... give it a push please :)"

India's poet emperor July 8,2012 The story of Abu Muzaffar Sirajuddin Mohammad Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775-1862), India's poet emperor, is not simply his story. It is intimately connected with the end of an era of Indian history, and the beginning of another. Bahadur Shah Zafar's is a story without any glory or heroism. While the rebels suspected him of siding with the British, the British accused him of leading the rebellion against them. However, he was a tremendously gifted person. He was a reputed Persian scholar, a marvelous calligrapher, and a renowned and recognised Urdu poet of his times. Salil Misra throws light on the life and times of the last Mughal emperor of India. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/262547/indias-poet-emperor.html ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Sunday, July 8, 2012 Victories stained with blood On this day in 1497, Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama set sail for India, a voyage that changed the politico-economic scenario of the subcontinent. A look at the life and times of the man whose discoveries are among the most important historical world events. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120708/spectrum/main3.htm ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

NRS buys Dundas papers for £1.35m Monday 2 July 2012 18:18 To some he was "the uncrowned king of Scotland" while others saw him as "the great tyrant". Now, the papers of Henry Dundas and his son Robert have been bought for the National Records of Scotland (NRS) for £1.35 million. Henry Dundas, the 1st Viscount Melville, was Scotland`s foremost political figure in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and is commemorated with a 150-foot high column in Edinburgh's St Andrew Square. His dominance of the East India Company opened the lucrative British Empire to ambitious young Scotsmen and massively expanded Scotland's connection with India. But he also promoted harsh punishment for rebellious colonists in the Americas and prolonged the abolition of slavery. His papers are regarded as "the crown jewels" by record keepers and their purchase has been described as "a major coup" for Scotland. (snip) http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/scottish-headlines/nrs-buys-dundas-papers-for-1-35m-1-2389128 ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Scholars, historians, and even general public interested in Anglo-Maratha period would find this useful. The Maratha History Museum-cum-Archives of the Deccan College contains important historical records of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, useful for a student of Maratha history. http://www.deccancollegepune.ac.in/museum_maratha_history.asp ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar