: What happens when three children want to take part in Mahatma Gandhi’s freedom movement? #IndiaNEWS About Friendships12 July 19422.30 pmIf you came to our house at 16 Chowpatty Road, you would be

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What happens when three children want to take part in Mahatma Gandhi’s freedom movement? #IndiaNEWS
About Friendships12 July 19422.30 pmIf you came to our house at 16 Chowpatty Road, you would be served tea in a fine china service embossed with an important-looking crest. No, it was not the crest of my family, but that of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway. In case you are wondering why we would serve our guests in china meant for the trains, it was because Mota Pappa’s company, Abdeali Chinwala Trading Esq, imported these from China and sold them to the railways. All the extras came to us in big chests made of teakwood. Many years ago, Mota Pappa had come to Bombay from his hometown of Surat, to work for an English businessman. The businessman trusted him so much that when he left for England, he left the company to him. Since then, the British have been an important part of the Chinwala household.Not actually. I hardly knew any Englishmen. But Mota Pappa was friendly enough with them, so all kinds of big orders came from the British and made my grandfather a wealthy man. He bought a whole floor in a four-storeyed building in the leafy lanes of Chowpatty. And we were one of the few people I knew who owned a...Read more

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