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Posted: 2015-10-08 22:31:10

Quick question.... I thought Bhai was female and Dhai male ?
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Posted: 2015-10-08 22:33:35

Well answered Ash1.
I am indeed being educated.

Miabhai's consider themselves superior to other castes because they believe they are descended from the Mughals, who were Afghanistani Muslims.
The only caste that was not converted from Hindu to Moslem.
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Posted: 2015-10-08 22:37:52

On 2015-10-08 22:31:10 deamonza said:
Quick question.... I thought Bhai was female and Dhai male ?



My bru, waar val djy uit?
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Posted: 2015-10-08 22:38:01

Bhai = brother
Behen= sister
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Posted: 2015-10-08 22:41:55

On 2015-10-08 22:33:35 Ben Layden said:
Well answered Ash1.
I am indeed being educated.

Miabhai's consider themselves superior to other castes because they believe they are descended from the Mughals, who were Afghanistani Muslims.
The only caste that was not converted from Hindu to Moslem.



Personally i dont take any of the shit our generation, our parents and grandparents generations were preoccupied with. The under 30's generation seem to be more integrated and accepting of one another. Ive been to a wedding in March where the boy was Kokni and the girl Memon. Totally unheard of just a generation ago.

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Posted: 2015-10-08 22:45:13

On 2015-10-08 22:37:52 Ash1 said:
On 2015-10-08 22:31:10 deamonza said: Quick question.... I thought Bhai was female and Dhai male ?

My bru, waar val djy uit?



Ek het van my ma uitgeval... and my afrikaans is shocking, I had to retype that 3 times to get the spelling right.

In Nepal we called the older guys Dhai... this is why I asked... the young girls were called Bhaini... excuse the probably terrible spelling.
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Posted: 2015-10-08 23:04:49
Edited: 2015-10-08 23:05:51

I was totally unaware of these social caste intricacies but I became interested in the Indian social strata, when a friend pointed at someone in awe, and whispered to me:
"Did you know he's a Kanam?"
I said "really? "
"So what" which not a little annoyed him.
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Posted: 2015-10-08 23:38:59

I've heard my Muslim friends talk about this before but never really understood it, just knew that there were differences. Who knew I would understand it from a punting forum thanks @ben and @ash1.

Indians have too many issues; caste, Hindi or Tamil, fair skinned is better than dark skin. But Ben is right, things are changing the new generation is different.
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Posted: 2015-10-09 08:01:18

This morning at Fajr time one of my Memon buddies whatsapped me the following joke:

Why memons do well in any field.....
Bill Gates organized an enormous session to recruit a new Chairman for Microsoft Europe.
5000 candidates assembled in a large room. One candidate was Mr. Zakaria
Bill Gates: Thank you for coming. Those who do not know JAVA may leave.
2000 people leave the room.
Mr. Zakaria says to himself, 'I do not know JAVA but I have nothing to lose if I stay. I'll give it a try'
Bill Gates: Candidates who never had experience of managing more than 100 people may leave.
2000 people leave the room.
Mr. Zakaria says to himself ' I never managed anybody by myself but I have nothing to lose if I stay. What can happen to me?' So he stays.......... ...
Bill Gates: Candidates who do not have management diplomas may leave.
500 people leave the room.
Mr. Zakaria says to himself, 'I left school at 15 but what have I got to lose?' So he stays in the room..
Lastly, Bill Gates asked the candidates who do not speak japanese to leave.
498 people leave the room.
Mr. Zakaria says to himself, ' I do not speak one word of japanese but what do I have to lose?'
So he stays and finds himself with One other candidate. Everyone else has gone.
Bill Gates joined them and said 'Apparently you are the only two candidates who speak japanese, so I'd now like to hear you have a conversation together in that language.'
Calmly, Mr. Zakaria turns to the other candidate and says,
`Kuro haal aai bhaa ?'
The other candidate answers
'Allah ji bow mehrbani aai bhaa!'
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Posted: 2015-10-09 08:24:03

And I thought just our race issues in SA where enough of a problem!!

Very interesting, thanks guys.

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