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East Indians are Considered to be Mumbai’s Original Inhabitants

May 6, 2018 Mobaikar 0 Comments east indians, mobaikar, mumbai culture

Reena Pereira-Almeida (30) was born in a 100-year-old village called Giriz in Vasai (formerly Bassein), in one of the original

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Nov – Dec 2015 Newsletter

December 22, 2015December 23, 2015 Mobaikar 0 Comments east indians, ei, mobaikar, news, newsletter

Nov – Dec 2015 from Siddharth Pereira

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History of the East Indian Culture

May 23, 2013December 23, 2015 Mobaikar 0 Comments culture, east indians, history

History of the East Indian Culture from Siddharth Pereira

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It's a true delight to open up our messages/emails to see photo submissions from enthusiastic readers! . You don't have to be a pro photographer or have a fancy camera to send us interesting photos that are relevant to East Indian life, but we often have to give submissions a miss. . This is mostly because the photos were clicked in poor light, or had no context or useful information attached. . Here are some handy tips that we hope will make this process smoother and easier for you. . We look forward to adding more data to the visual information currently available online about the East Indian community with your submissions! . Click away :) . #eastindian #community #vasai #raigad #thane #mumbai #heritage #photography #instagram #submissions #onlinedatabase #visualdata #library #tips #india #culturalphotography #help
What song is more iconic of the urti gaani (what EIs mean by hopping tunes) genre of East Indian music than Maye-chi Annie? . Composed by one of the stalwarts of East Indian music, Valentine Machado, and sung by him and famous singer Noreen, Maye-chi Annie is a song that makes you lift your leg, get your hanky out and wave it in the air with gay abandon. . My earliest memories of Maye-chi Annie was when I was perhaps eight years old. My uncle Frank, an East Indian music aficionado in those days, blasted it without care or concern for neighbour and village from his tinny stereo set. Ever since then, the song has been a favourite, and I cannot resist dancing to it each time I hear it. . While a delightful song about passionate love - especially the kind of love that is realised against all odds, Maye-chi Annie also makes a powerful statement against the greed and hypocrisy of the rich. . Valentine wrote the song for his first wife, Annie (pictured here), who was rich and from a different Christian community (Mangalorean). Christian couples in Mumbai faced immense resistance (far more than what they face today) for inter-community and inter-class marriages. . Annie and Valentine overcame many hardships during their courtship, which lasted well into their lives post-marriage. However, nothing came in the way of their love and passion for one another, and with Maye-chi Annie, their love has been immortalised forever. . #eastindian #community #music #folksongs #heritage #traditionalmusic #weddingsongs #mumbai #vasai #thane #taigad #maharashtra #indian #indianmusic #women #lovers #valentinemachado #bhandari #sahar #andheri #lovesongs #monsoon #rainsongs #annie #passionatelove #lovestories #songs #folksinger #legend
Located in Giriz's Maribhat village, is Dabre House, a home built for farmer and Vadval East Indian, Thomas Dabre's family in 1923. . This house is featured for the month of June in EIMC's calendar on old East Indian houses, that are located in a little hamlet in Northern Vasai, Maharashtra. . *1* The 'Old Houses of Giriz Parish' 2018 calendar is an effort to highlight the East Indian community's heritage, especially the old architecture of the East Indians of Bassein (the old name for Vasai). . *2* The calendar focuses on this particular parish as EIMC is based in Giriz and it felt like an appropriate starting point for our recently launched project. . #eastindian #community #vasai #raigad #thane #mumbai #heritage #architecture #oldhouse #vintagehomes #timber #woodenhouse #traditionalhome #villagelife #farmershouse #farminglife #tiledroof #green #calendar #june #stationery
As @saloni_nelson_carvalho says, "East Indian weddings are incomplete without this." . The morli (pronounced more-lee), is a curious kind of knife that has a stool-like attachment for the user to sit upon. Of course, it's not limited to East Indian kitchens - reader @nukkadkibhukkad, who is Maharashtrian and owns one, calls it kisni and many Asian kitchens too boast of a similar contraption. . The curved part of the morli is used to cut up chunks of meat, descale and quarter fish, and also slice onions and other vegetables, while the circular, spiked end - called khawni - is used to grate coconut flesh. Some morlis are made with just the khawni bit and are called so, as shared by reader @monica.kinny . The morli is a terrific kitchen tool and some users absolutely swear by how efficient it is in their East Indian kitchen. . Swipe to see how my mother put one of these to use at a recent wedding in the village - where they were part of the kitchen items hired from the wedding decorators. . Absolutely impressive guesswork, readers @rosmin_coutinho__ @cin_dmello @monica.kinny @saloni_nelson_carvalho @sharonsremedios @bliss_gonsalves @mloclam @renisa_sirvel @reagancreado @nukkadkibhukkad @aaronpereira2 @trinu.m @s_ni_20 @tanyatypes @padhminisc @stephndsz and @velalad - I appreciate your responses and observations very much! . #eastindian #community #vasai #mumbai #thane #raigad #marathi #language #maharashtra #india #kitchentools #knives #traditionalknives #coconutscraper #villagelife #weddings #vintagetools #ethnicfood #cooking #meat #cutting
Since you folks requested... 🙂 #eimcfun #quiz #eastindian #instagramstories #instagramquiz
Earlier in the year, I received an email from a Goan lady residing in the UK, expressing her appreciation for the work I had started with the East Indian Memory Co. . That wonderful lady turned out to be Betty Pires, one of the driving forces behind Femnet - 'an online network for women, by women to inspire, empower, share experiences and learning across continents'. . She shared some of the past issues of the magazine with me, and I was blown away by the incredible number of brilliant Indian Christian women it featured. . And then, even more amazingly, Betty expressed an interest in featuring my story in Femnet, and so here it is - the story about the girl who collects and shares stories about other people - in Issue 67 of Femnet. :) . (Highly recommend this magazine to our Indian Christian female readers. You can visit and subscribe to Femnet via this link www.femnet.goanet.org/index.php - you might not receive the latest issue as soon as you subscribe, so message me with your email address if you would like to receive a PDF of this particular issue.)
The versatility of the East Indian Bottle Masala never fails to amaze (even though nothing beats a wholesome mutton red curry for me). . Here’s reader @reagancreado’s delectable spaghetti mushroom marinara lunch, with prawns fried in East Indian Bottle Masala. . What’s your take on this masala? . #eastindian #food #fusioncooking #community #mumbai #vasai #thane #maharashtra #india #raigad #bottlemasala #spicyfood #pasta #prawns #seafood #moderncooking
Thankful for the lands and seas that nurtured our ancestors and continue to nurture our East Indian people (especially our Vadval and Kunbi farmers, Koli fisher folk, Kupari milkmen and gardeners, Bhandari toddy tappers - just to name a few) this World Environment Day (5 June). . Here's to doing our bit to nurture the environment and remembering to keep our village ponds and wells clean (even when it's not Christmas), turning green waste from our orchards and farmlands into compost instead of burning it up, reminding visitors to help us keep our beaches clean, etc. . For those who purchase items from the EIMC shop, thank you for not minding the plastic-free packaging - although we are on the hunt for something better for our masalas (if you know of a better alternative, do get in touch)! . #eastindian #community #vasai #mumbai #thane #raigad #worldenvironmentday #rural #urban #maharashtra #india #villagelife #greenliving #nurturenature #vegetable #farmers #fishermen #toddy #kupari #vadval #kunbi #bhandari #culture #traditionaldress #peopleofindia #culturesofindia #heritage #driedfish #koli
One can only imagine the 'wadis' (fields) that were adjoining Bautista House once upon a time. Overtaken by the surrounding greenery today, this spacious Vadval house from 1919 was built to suit Degin Zuzu Bautista (Diago Joseph Baptista) and his family's farming lifestyle. . The photos here are of the exterior storage area, the outhouse and the bawri (well). . For more photos of the house and a quick tour, check out today's (31 May) Instagram Story. . Would love to hear your thoughts on this house, dear reader, so do leave a comment below - especially if you've figured out the purpose of the rings in the second photo in the story :) . #eastindian #community #architecture #vadval #vasai #thane #mumbai #raigad #vintagearchitecture #traditionalhome #farmershouse #farming #villagelife #oldhouse #woodenfurniture #outhouse #greenery #heritage #gaothan
Making East Indian masalas: . Once roasted, the whole spices are pounded into a fine or coarse powder - depending on the type of East Indian masala to be made. . In Clovia and Adrian Fernandes' home in Bandra's Pali Village, this is done the old-fashioned way - with a mortar and pestle, while in some East Indian villages, the masala makers prefer the local girni (mill) to take care of the pounding. . ⭕➡️How many of you, dear readers, remember an older and more rudimentary kind of mortar? Leave a comment below if you do! . Thank you, @francojohn for the submission. . #eastindian #community #mumbai #vasai #thane #raigad #maharashtra #india #bandra #palivillage #traditionalfood #masala #ethniccuisine #eastindianmasala #localfood #romancatholic #heritage #mortarandpestle #traditionaltools #outdoorcooking #spices #saree #womenwhocook #urbanliving #villager #gaothan
An East Indian’s devlacha sann/festa (church feast) is as much cause for celebration as a major solemnity like Easter or Christmas, and we are no different from our Goan or Mangalorean friends where revelry is concerned. . Some churches are named for saints, some for various Marian apparitions, some for Holy Mysteries like the Holy Trinity (incidentally, observed on this day in the catholic calendar), and so on. . In some parishes, church feasts are marked by processions, religious services, and elaborate ceremonies and in homes across the parish, feast lunches are sumptuous affairs and carry on well into the evening. . Later in the day, some sort of cultural celebration or community event is held on the parish grounds to mark the occasion (and also to digest scrumptious lunches). . The cake pictured is from a celebration held at the parish I belong to when I am in Australia - the church is named for The Holy Trinity - where there is not much of an East Indian presence but there is a strong sense of wanting to celebrate the diversity of cultures now encompassed in Roman Catholic communities. . On this note, Happy Feast! 😃 . #eastindian #community #romancatholic #mumbaithane #raigad #vasai #maharashtra #india #australia #holytrinity #feast #religiouscelebration #culture #happyfeast
What do you find in old houses? Implements like Kangas and Bhokshis or Malays, like the ones you see in this photograph. . In Sateley, Vasai, is Bautista House - a 1919 construction built for a family of Vadval East Indians. Degin Bautista (Diago Baptista) was a farmer and his house - like many other farmer’s houses - had a potmala. . Part attic, part storage space, potmalas are located above the ground floor and were the perfect place to store rice and other produce. . Bautista House currently lies uninhabited but it’s potmala still stores large woven cylindrical containers like these called Kanga - used to store harvested grains and Bhokshi or Malay - commonly used to catch fish from the khadi (creek). For the ones who guessed that the conical one is for de-husking paddy, that’s a different device called a जातना (zaatna). Thank you, @dida_can, @reagancreado, @thebathroomwriter, @stephndsz, @sharonsremedios & @padhminisc for your excellent guesses! 😃 . #eastindian #community #vasai #mumbai #thane #raigad #architecture #attic #traditional #farming #rurallife #india #maharashtra #marathi #ricefarming #storage #wooden #fishing #livingofftheland

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