Hi all
Has anybody got a spare Diwana invite they could let me have, please?
OT - Diwana invite
May 05, 2008
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Jane Sullivan wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk:
You could have mine if I knew what the hell you were talking about.
It seems to be something to do with watching (dodgy copies of?) Aussie soaps online.
Aussie soaps are already dodgy!
I thought Diwana was an Indian festival.
Diwali
Easy mistake to make.
According to Google there are Indian restaurants called Diwana.
Charles and Diwana?
Cheers
Puffernutter
Corgi and Bess?
Correct, Diwana is an Australian bit feed for watching video content. So one would assume that is what John Sullivan is looking for.
OTOH there is an Indian movie by that name. It is a tragedy about a sexually inadequate individual. Given John's issues with sex appropriate clothing one does have to wonder.
I think Diwan is a person's name. I've eaten in several Indian restaurants and chaat houses around Drummond Street and Tottenham Court Road with that as part of the name.
It could be a variation on Deewan, Diwan seeming more related to UK sites, whereas Deewan seems more sub-continent oriented. Still haven't found out if it is a name or not though!
Cheers Richard
Try Googling "Diwan Patel" and counting the number of hits(?)
I believe Diwan (or Dewan) is actually a title in the Hindu hierarchy, but then again so is Patel. The former is a chief minister to a Prince and the latter is a village headman. As in the West titles have become names.
Ditto for "Deewan"!
Cheers Richard
Interesting - that might explain why it's become so poular for curry houses, akin to "The Royal Tandoori" or whatever.
Cheers Richard
"beamendsltd" wrote
At least a more sensible name than some of the puns we've had round here: Arjee Bhajee Mahatmacote (next door to, and run by the same people as the Italian that went by the name of Costalotti's)
Peter
There's a local chain of Chinese takeaways called "Ho Lee Chow".
There was an Indian Restaurant in Didsbury called the Phool Bagh. Pronounced "full bag" by the locals.
It's one of the first I looked up to find the meaning because I knew bagh was garden (as in Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, the site of General Dyer's massacre). Phool is a flower.
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