Hello Listers, Re: <Our salaams. Bahut acha hai. Tume xxxxxx hona chaiye.> Translated it should read ' Our greetings. Very good/nice. You should be here.' The missing word represented by the xxxxx's should be 'idhar' meaning 'here.' Cheers & God bless Elsie On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 4:10 PM, <india-british-raj-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Urdu translation (David Railton) > 2. Re: Heritage Gallery of Signal and Communications at Poda... > (VIEYRAJ@aol.com) > 3. Re: INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ Digest, Vol 3, Issue 53 (Ali Khan) > 4. Hunting for 'Raj' roots (Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar) > 5. The secret chambers of Jadoo Ghar > (Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "David Railton" <railton.david@btinternet.com> > To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:12:13 -0000 > Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Urdu translation > Thank you for your help. > > -----Original Message----- > From: india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Arvind > Kolhatkar > Sent: 04 March 2008 15:31 > To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Urdu translation > > David, > > I think it reads: > > <Our salaams. Bahut acha hai. Tume xxxxxx hona chaiye.> > > I could not decipher the second word in the second line. It appears to be > an English word. The rest of it easy enough. It says: > > >Our greetings. Very good. You should be xxxxx.> > > Arvind Kolhatkar, Toronto, March 04, 2008. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: VIEYRAJ@aol.com > To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:04:21 EST > Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Heritage Gallery of Signal and > Communications at Poda... > > In a message dated 02/03/2008 04:24:05 GMT Standard Time, > phyllis.danko@verizon.net writes: > > For those with India Railway interests. A short video of a new museum > at Podanur, Tamil Nadu > > > Thank you for this. And please, can anyone help me . In the early > 1940's, > could this building have been the South Indian Railway Officers quarters > allocated to the DTS (District Traffic Superintendent)? > > It is reminiscent of our home in Podanur during the three years my > father > was posted in Podanur as DTS. I don't remember the front 'half walls', > but > rather, balustrades and a large open verandah into the main part of the > house. > I recall there was at least one simlar house next door for the District > Engineer. Facing our home, and to its right one could walk to the > Railway > Colony and Railwaty Institute. > > As all this was over 60 years ago, my memory could well being playing > tricks! > > Thank you for any help. > > Joan Brown > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Ali Khan" <salem@comsats.net.pk> > To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 00:15:01 +0500 > Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ Digest, Vol 3, Issue 53 > > I can read Urdu. I am also a tennis player so the pic would interest me. > Please send me a copy. > Ali > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar" <bosham@gmail.com> > To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:01:30 +0530 > Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Hunting for 'Raj' roots > Monday, Mar 03, 2008 > > Hunting for 'Raj' roots > > Karen Shaw is looking for the Fort Cochin she knew as a child. > Showing Priyadershini S. the sepia tinted photos of the 40s and > 50s, she tells her the place has changed little. The year India got > freedom Karen Taylor, now Shaw, was born to Edward Hugh > Taylor (Jimmy) and Mabel Taylor (Joey), at Neyyar. Karen's > father was manager of Bonacad tea estate. Sixty years later, > Karen Shaw is back, clutching precious, sepia-tinted photographs > of Fort Cochin of the 40s and 50s. She is literally walking down > memory lane looking for those familiar sights she enjoyed as a > young girl. "Fort Cochin is all too memorable to me as we were > down here very often at my aunt's place. My aunt, father's sister, > Bess was married to Jack Kempson Hopkins, chairman and GM > of Aspinwall and Co. Limited, Cochin. My uncle and aunt were > married at the St. Francis church. We, my husband Gerry and me, > went through the marriage register and have taken a copy of the > marriage certificate." [snip] > > http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/03/03/stories/2008030350480100.htm > > ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar > Nagpur, India > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar" <bosham@gmail.com> > To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:26:47 +0530 > Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] The secret chambers of Jadoo Ghar > Monday, Mar 03, 2008 > > Going past the Jadoo Ghar in Qudsia Garden does send > a chill down the spine for it is Delhi's oldest Masonic > Lodge hidden among tropical creepers. There is another > lodge in Janpath which runs a charitable dispensary, but > it lacks the aura of the one in the garden named after the > 18th Century dowager queen. [snip] > > http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/03/03/stories/2008030350420200.htm > > > ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar > Nagpur, India > > > > To contact the INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ list administrator, send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ mailing list, send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > >