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about 18 hours ago
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RT @: @ In India "Hawaii" sandals or flipflps is v. popular. Imagine over 1 billion ppl know the name Hawaii but don't know
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about 18 hours ago
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@ Oh, that Menaka (di)...:)
about 18 hours ago
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.@ OMG - no way!!! And didn't Seth also have a Czech relative - subject of his last book?
about 18 hours ago
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RT @: @ About Bata. They introduced the "Hawaii" sandals in India. Think Vikram Seth's dad was with Bata if I recollect cor
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about 18 hours ago
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@ which means when the shuttle goes up in space, we only hear about what the damned arm did... :)
about 18 hours ago
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@ Yeah, but it was the ungrateful next generation...
about 18 hours ago
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@ Japan! LOL
about 18 hours ago
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in reply to NaheedMustafa
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@ @ Yup, tiny country. We take pride in anything... You know, we are responsible for the Canada-arm on Space shuttle
about 18 hours ago
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in reply to NaheedMustafa
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& That's the history lesson for tonight. Tomorrow, Schneider's Meats...
about 18 hours ago
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And yes North Star was a Bata brand, saw that when brand died here, still thriving in India.
about 18 hours ago
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Ok, so Bata originally Czech. Nazis screwed things up. 1 came to Cda in 1939 to resume biz - Batawa, Ontario named after family!!!
about 18 hours ago
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.@ Yes, but it was originally Canadian. That's why Toronto is home to Bata shoe museum. Bata was Czech, moved some ops post-Comm
about 18 hours ago
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So there! Bata still survives! Not sure if it is still Cdn. I guess I was busy checking out the new malls last visit so didn't see the store
about 19 hours ago
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@ @ - youse guys!! Bata was THE Cdn success story - comes from post-war Europe w nothing...
about 19 hours ago
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@ I guess so - didn't they make the North Star sneakers???
about 19 hours ago
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in reply to NaheedMustafa
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.@ Not sure if Bata has survived the new India onslaught. Maybe a tweep will know?
about 19 hours ago
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@ yeah, that's it. We still exist. Thankfully, they are not getting things right.
about 19 hours ago
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@ You used to think it was a Pakistani store?? I felt all Canadian & proud, esp as Mr. Bata made his empire from na-thing!
about 19 hours ago
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in reply to NaheedMustafa
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@ I used to be so proud to see Bata stores in India...sniff sniff
about 19 hours ago
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- Name Piali Roy
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- Bio Piali Roy is freelance writer, story consultant and desi-ist RT-er (covering many things South Asian).
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