Re: Heritage: the fear of 'pitta' among Sindhis

[Gul Agha <agha@CS.UIUC.EDU>]

>From: Mohan Khubchandani [mailto:mkhubchandani@yahoo.ca]

>> Pitta deep from the heart does have effect on the
>> cursed person.  -- Atma Advani

Advani,

You are 100% right, and an Sindhi Idiom just comes to
my mind "Tunhinjey (your) waata (mouth) mein (in) Gulab(Rose)."

Mohan Khubchandani

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>From: Aziz Narejo <anarejo@yahoo.com>
To: "Gul Agha" <agha@cs.uiuc.edu>

 muhinjii aaha iihaa kaddihin keraaiindii kott-a khey!
                         -- [Shah, Suru Maarvii]

 [When will my cry bring down the prison walls?]

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>From: "N. Dudani" <ndudani@attbi.com>

Nice subject.  What about the 'pitta' by Sindhi Hindus when they were
forced to leave their ancestral homes?


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>From: "Hubert Addleton"
To: "Gul Agha" <agha@cs.uiuc.edu>

Greetings, Gul,

My son, David, sent me your article about 'pita'.  It's most
interesting. I am aware of the fear of curses among rural Sindhis but
had forgotten the term 'pita.'...  I'm afraid I've neglected my
reading about Sindh. It will always be 'home' to us. We spent 34 years
there -- more than half our adult life. Sometimes my mind drifts back
there and I relive some of it in my memory.

With warm regards,

Hubert & Bettie Addleton