Do People Live in Dubai?
In a mail group I belong to a question was raised by Paul Varghese whether people live in Dubai. What an incredible question! Of course they do. Apart from plain knowledge, history and logic also suggest that people do live in Dubai. Let us examine the known facts, according to www dot freakipedia dot com.
Dubai was in fact established by two Indian brothers who went to live there, and Indians are people, of course they are, no matter their behaviour. Since it was first settled by these 2 brothers, it was named Dubhai, ‘du’ being the Indian for ‘two’ and ‘bhai’ being the Indian for ‘brother’. Later, for some reason, the 'h' fell off. (God knows why, must be the Arab pronunciation.) Still later other people joined these brothers in Dubai. Thus it became populated. Later it became popular.
Nowadays people who live in Dubai are called Dubyas. I heard from someone that one of them migrated to the US and became their president, though the source is suspicious. This same person (who gave me the Dubya info) once told me that people of Nepal are smallish fighters and they are called Napoleons, and that a few of them migrated to France to become dictators and brandys. (Or should I write brandies?) Anyway, I later discovered, to my chagrin, that this was not entirely true. So you may ignore this fact - as I already told you, the source is dubious.
Dubai has many interesting places nearby. One such place is Hatta. It is a valley in the Hajar Mountains. Of course, the Himalayas too have hajar mountains, but they are bigger. People live in Hatta, too. They are called Hattangadis. Some of them have migrated to Mum-bai, which is the sister city of Du-bai.
The Dubyas of Dubai have boats which they call Dhows. Dhow sailing is a popular sport there, especially on December 2. Nothing can be popular without people. That is another proof that people live in Dubai.
Then there is Bur Dubai. This is named after the elder of the two brothers. Here Bur means elder and nothing else, so don't smirk. Bastakia is in Bur Dubai. It answers the age old question, "Kya kia?" "Basta kia." What it means I'm not too sure. Perhaps it has something to do with the wonderful bus service of Dubai, 'bus' to 'bas' is understandable, especially to a Bengali. Anyway, the mere presence of a bus service proves that people live in Dubai, or at least they travel in Dubai.
Then of course the world famous Dubai World Cup is held annually in Dubai, as the name suggests. It is actually a horse race, supposedly the world's richest, held at the Nad al Sheba club. Would it have been held in Dubai if none lived there? Who would have organised it? Plus the very presence of a club suggests people.
QED.
Note: Hajar in Indian means thousand.
Dubai was in fact established by two Indian brothers who went to live there, and Indians are people, of course they are, no matter their behaviour. Since it was first settled by these 2 brothers, it was named Dubhai, ‘du’ being the Indian for ‘two’ and ‘bhai’ being the Indian for ‘brother’. Later, for some reason, the 'h' fell off. (God knows why, must be the Arab pronunciation.) Still later other people joined these brothers in Dubai. Thus it became populated. Later it became popular.
Nowadays people who live in Dubai are called Dubyas. I heard from someone that one of them migrated to the US and became their president, though the source is suspicious. This same person (who gave me the Dubya info) once told me that people of Nepal are smallish fighters and they are called Napoleons, and that a few of them migrated to France to become dictators and brandys. (Or should I write brandies?) Anyway, I later discovered, to my chagrin, that this was not entirely true. So you may ignore this fact - as I already told you, the source is dubious.
Dubai has many interesting places nearby. One such place is Hatta. It is a valley in the Hajar Mountains. Of course, the Himalayas too have hajar mountains, but they are bigger. People live in Hatta, too. They are called Hattangadis. Some of them have migrated to Mum-bai, which is the sister city of Du-bai.
The Dubyas of Dubai have boats which they call Dhows. Dhow sailing is a popular sport there, especially on December 2. Nothing can be popular without people. That is another proof that people live in Dubai.
Then there is Bur Dubai. This is named after the elder of the two brothers. Here Bur means elder and nothing else, so don't smirk. Bastakia is in Bur Dubai. It answers the age old question, "Kya kia?" "Basta kia." What it means I'm not too sure. Perhaps it has something to do with the wonderful bus service of Dubai, 'bus' to 'bas' is understandable, especially to a Bengali. Anyway, the mere presence of a bus service proves that people live in Dubai, or at least they travel in Dubai.
Then of course the world famous Dubai World Cup is held annually in Dubai, as the name suggests. It is actually a horse race, supposedly the world's richest, held at the Nad al Sheba club. Would it have been held in Dubai if none lived there? Who would have organised it? Plus the very presence of a club suggests people.
QED.
Note: Hajar in Indian means thousand.
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