No, Titwala is a suburban railway station on the Mumbai Central line. Not the surname of a chubby Parsi guy.
1. We’ve made homes in distant far-off places (and surnames out of them)
Via cruise.co.uk
You can see how far and wide we’ve traveled and settled from our surnames: Bengal (Bengallee), Kerala (Malabari), Burma (Rangoonwala), Yemen (Adenwala) and China (Chinoy)
2. Gujarati was our mother-tongue. Now it’s English.
Via flipkart.com
So Mr. Vaid became Mr. Doctor, Mr. Vakeel became Mr. Lawyer, Mr. Mistry became Mr. Contractor, and Messrs. Daruwala, Batliwala, Motiwala et al became Messrs. Merchant, Merchant, Merchant & Merchant.
3. Phir bhi, dil hai Hindustani
Via Pinterest
Some of us wear our Indian-ness on our sleeve. Or in our names. We’ve also adopted distinctly Indian names. Like Tarachand, Cassinath (Kashinath) and Govekar
4. We’re all related
Lala Deen Dayal
Mama. Bhanja. Chacha. Kaka. They are Parsi surnames too.
5. Readymoney
Wikipedia
That’s a Parsi surname. I swear!
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