Nari Contractor - A Grand Old Man of Indian Cricket

[fredfertang]

Nari Contractor - A Grand Old Man of Indian Cricket

He had a surgeon to thank for being around to celebrate his 29th birthday, yet more than half a century later Nari Contractor is alive and well and, occasionally, still available for comment

 

[JBMAC]

An interesting read

 

[andruid]

If only he played alongside Farookh Engineer

 

[mr_mister]

^Was gonna say, was there a reason these Indians had such industrial English surnames back in the day? Are they common?

 

[Borges]

In the early twentieth century, due to the laws imposed by the British empire, the Parsi community had to find Western style surnames for themselves.

They just invented stuff:
Based on profession: Merchant, Engineer, Contractor, Doctor etc.
Based on trade: Canvaswala, Daruwala, Rumwala etc. as well as the magnificent [FONT=q_serif] [/FONT]Sodabottleopenerwala[FONT=q_serif, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro, Meiryo, serif].[/FONT]
Based on place of origin: Taraporewala, Suratwala etc.

 

[vcs]

In the early twentieth century, due to the laws imposed by the British empire, the Parsi community had to find Western style surnames for themselves.

They just invented stuff:
Based on profession: Merchant, Engineer, Contractor, Doctor etc.
Based on trade: Canvaswala, Daruwala, Rumwala etc. as well as the magnificent [FONT=q_serif] [/FONT]Sodabottleopenerwala[FONT=q_serif, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro, Meiryo, serif].[/FONT]
Based on place of origin: Taraporewala, Suratwala etc.

Surely that can't be real..

 

[marc71178]

Surely that can't be real..

Modern equivalent is probably the powerpointclicker.

 

[andruid]

Modern equivalent is probably the powerpointclicker.

powerpointclickerwala

 

[Midwinter]

Another good read

Thanks