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Fav child
Bapuji - Naginbhai
Bai - Bebben
Bapuji's parents & siblings
Parents - Tribhuvan dada, Sakar ba
1 Bro, 1 sis - Hari adda, Tavra faiba
Bai gave birth to how many kids
Bai gave birth to 10 kids - 3 died. Rama ben 11 Y(after Hemben), one son (died at one day old before Dipak bhai), another son (1 mo old died before Dipak bhai)
Hobbies
Bapuji - fond of telephones, tape recorders (two in one). Horoscope (kundli - everyone should have one :-)
Bai - diamonds, pearl jewelry
Last home address and phone no.
Flat no 9, Jamadas Umersi bldg, 32/A khokhani lane, Ghatkopar-E, Mumbai 77
Phone: 5125872
Fav Food
Bapuji - Banana (left eating after BIL expired), Nageervel na paan w/ tobacco (left when Haridada was sick)
Bai - ice cream, Choorma ladoo, adad ni dal, rotlo
Malai Kofta, shredded onion
Bai's parents & siblings
Maganlal Mehta (he was an advocate), Deevadi/ Kastur ba
Siblings - 3 sis and 4 bro
Rebellion child
In mind - all girls :-)
In action - Bhanuben
What did they like to read?
Bai - chitraleka, bio chemic books, found of reading all books, crossword puzzles:-)
Sharad Chandra books read by family - brought by Naginbhai.
Bapuji read only religious books
Shah kutumb bhabha
Modpir dada, Aliya bada
Fav Clothes
Bapuji - wore khadi all his life and chappals from khadi bhandar
Bai - Silk, Cotton - Finley's Shabnam saree
Bapuji's first wife name
Gunwanti ba
How many grandkids and great-grandkids?
Bonus - How many great great grandkids
Grandkids- 26.
Great-grandkids - 39
Great great grandkids - 18 :-)
Bai's cooking expertise
maesubb
Birth and death dates
Bapuji b’day - labh pachaam - 1901
Bai - 15th aug -1920 (sravan sudh ekam)
Bapuji died at 84Y (08-03-1985), Bai - 92Y (13-01-2011)
Bai's fav movie & song
yuki varisu (Japanese film). Bhanu ben got inspired by the movie and ran away after watching this.
song: Bhekh re utaro raja Bhararthari.. Bhiksha de ne maiya Pingala
Movie name: Raja Bharthari
Chalo chalo ma Badalo ki chaav me
Age when married
Bapuji got married at 14 Y, 2nd marriage at 27 -29y.
Bai got married 13 Y
Bai's first home in Mumbai
Golwala house, Ratansi khimji, Harihar niwas
Best friends
Bai’s - Radha masi (from Jamnagar and lived above jagaad classes) + Nimu masi + Anshuya ben. Also, Rani of Dhrol was her friend (she came to bai to get money).
Bapuji - kadu (black) bhai (Sangali), Chagan mauji, Nagania (Bhang wadi), Prahlad Patel
Any visit to jail?
Bapuji went to jail - joined Gandhi andolan, Prabhat pheri, Harijan vas (medical clinic)- Agra road
Fav bad words to use
Bapuji’s - gadhedi na, langdi na, aandhani na
Bai’s bad word - damich
Bapuji called bai as
Malkan, vakil ni dikri, vakil ni ben, vakil ni ma (Nagin bhai+ Bebben), podadho
Bapuji's first home in Mumbai
Gulal wadi
What kind of exercise did bapuji do?
Bapuji always did gym workouts :-) dhoka kinds (magdad - ½ hr in mrng and event).
Bapuji's hand was so strong - hit under ears - Vijubhai fainted once, dad cried a lot, one guy lost 3 teeth. Namishbhai was similar.
Bai's ashirward
Bhagwan tamru bhalu kare, sadbudhi aape, tamari manokaamnaao safad thaav, tamrao aajno raat divas saaro jai, Bhagwan tamne sadaai sukhi raakhe, tamrai prenna ma vadhaaro thai, hey Jagat na saathe, om shanti shanti shanti
Sa subheksha sathe aaj no raat divas saro re, bhagwan sukhi rakhe
Sukh samrati thi bharpur hoi. Bhagwana tamari chadti Kare, na bharti kare
Sajode sadai sukhi raho. Bhagwana tamari chadti Kare na bharti kare ...
om shanti shanti shanti