Let’s Talk
This particular page has been created to allow for an open forum for Musomians.
Very similar to Musoma Club for the men folk and the ‘Otlo’ for the women folk, the picnics atop Musoma Hill and Mkoko Beach, the social gatherings during the year.
Please use the comments section of this entry as a way to share your comments, ideas, suggestions, and even and more importantly, criticisms towards making MusomaBlog, truly;
|Our Connection|.
Use this page and comment section to ‘interact’ with fellow Musomians. Use this to talk about anything and everything under the sun!
Just imagine a nice cold ‘KoKa Kola’ or a ‘Vimto’ with some ‘garmaa-garam’ ‘Chhotu na bhajia’ and comment below!
October 12, 2007 at 6:37 pm
It is amazing that within two weeks we have almost 700 hits on Musoma Blog !
The names I have seen here responding to all the obituaries are of many who I did not imagine would log on !
Please pass the message to all those who are not aware of Musoma Blog and ask them to register !
October 12, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Harshadbhai,
You are right in your observation of, firstly the number of visits to this site and secondly, on the people who have actively interacted by posting their thoughts in the form of comments.
It is very encouraging to see this happen.
There are still many more Musomians who are still not aware of the Musoma websites. Like Mzee Rao pointed out in his recent comments, each Musomian should try and get other Musomians involved.
Hope this particular phase, sad as it may be, can bring about a snowball effect in Musomians interacting with each other via MusomaBlog.com.
Your guidance, support and often times, very good advice is appreciated! Thank you.
In the next few days I will post some information on the statistics behind the number of visitors and the sharp increase that this site has seen. Some of the information will be quite interesting.
October 13, 2007 at 8:51 am
Wonderful technology and best wishes to you all for the new section.
About the Vimto at Mohamed Ali soda shop; I must add that we always drank it by putting ‘Karanga’ into the Vimto bottle. The ‘karanga’ was sold by Magoma in 10 cents ‘padikas’.
Magoma was the chap employed by Musoma Diamond Talkies who had to daily put a White Sheet Board with Blue writing - One at Natubhai J Vyas’ shop opposite market and one near a tree where the present NBC/Old Barclays Bank was. It showd name of Picture Timings and also was written in Blue Pen.
Jashwant
October 17, 2007 at 10:22 am
During my college days at Baroda, Koka-Kola was introduced in India. I too put some karanga in it enjoyed drinking it. So this all came from Musoma chilhood days.
I still remember Sundarji Maharaj no bafelo Mogo.
After i left Musoma I have NEVER seen “Papeta”. Where can i find in India? Yes, Musoma is missed in many ways.
November 11, 2007 at 11:19 pm
I am very delighted to have accidentally discovered this musoma connection which incidentally has given a tremendous boost to my email address and rekindled sweet old memories of the unique family, MUSOMA. Kudos to everyone connected with the initiation of this blog.
By the way, you may identify me in the back row #6 of the Musoma photo.
Greetings to everyone !
From: Dr.Inderjit G.Vig
November 12, 2007 at 1:52 am
To all Musomians,
Let us all play our part in bringing the Musoma website to many Musomians who are not aware of it.
UNITY IS STRENGHT and we should all help in to get as many Musomians to make use of this site.
We should thank Rakesh for the time and wonderful work he is doing to keep us all in touch.
TO all , SAL MUBARAK and may the new year bring peace prosperity and good health to all.
Manjul Shah
Gaborone -Botswana
Mobile:267-71783986
Office:267-3953560
Residence:276-3913164
November 13, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Hello, Old Musomians!My name is Kiran.I am the grand daughter of Nanak Chand and daughter of Kulbhushan and Balwant(nani kaki).I was in Musoma in August.This was my first visit back after I left in 1967.A whole lot of memories came flooding back.Then I discovered your blog site and all the familiar names on it.I live in the U.S.A now but my mother is in London.She still remembers everyone from the old days.Please let me know when the next reunion is.
Best Wishes,
Kiran Syal
November 18, 2007 at 8:36 pm
I was sorry to hear about NDs death. May his sould rest in peace! Vasant family will continue for his soul to rest in peace. I have visited Musoma many times in the last few years and it was nice to know I will bump into ND.I saw him in Toronto and he we mentioned about my next visit to Musoma. I am hoping to take a delgation of dentists amd other volunteers to Musoma in Oct 2008. I will miss ND there.
Please see this website for furtehr details on OCt 2008. In the meantime Anglican Church worker Graham is looking for some building volunteers in Musoma for Jan 2008. Anybody keen to have a go? He is building a centre there to house future volunteers
November 20, 2007 at 8:13 am
My name is Kundan Gohil and I am the daughter of Late Mohanlal Dayalji Chudasama and Mrs Shardaben Mohanlal Chudasama. I am married to Mukesh Gohil who is from Dar-es-Salaam and I have three daughters, Aneeka, Anjli and Divisha. We are planning to visit Tanzania in August next year and would like to visit Musoma so that I can show my children my birthplace. Whoever has visited Musoma recently, can you please update me with the current situation there and what is there to see.
Thank you
With kind regards,
Kundan Gohil
July 6, 2008 at 2:20 am
Reply to Kiran Syal:
Dear Kiran, I just saw your note in ” let’s talk” and am so happy to find a connection to the Nanak Chand family! Not only did we buy a lot of goods in the store during 1961-1967, but I was often privileged to join your family for afternoon teas. Seeing the whole extended family gather after work ( the Store folk, the Doctor, the Banker ) with all the young folk under the loving care of the lady of the house made me realize how much we are missing in the modern ‘nuclear family’.
Nanak Chand lives in the histories of ( German )missionaries, whom he carried on credit while financial connections with their homeland were broken during wartime.
As for me, Grandpa showed me how to cure a headache by applying a twist with his fingers to my eyebrows.
Greetings and best wishes,
Lothar Benno Ganz
July 26, 2008 at 4:42 am
I would like to get the contact of Riyaz Jiwani, who now lives in Canada. Riyaz studied geology at the University of Dar Es Salaam from 1977 - 1980. Please contact me for more details. May commend who ever initiated this blog for Musoma. I took some a few minutes to read the comments and memories of the past. All these have shown me that the childhood life is much remembered by human being than the rest.
Congrats,
Isaac
August 4, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Reading about the “Musoma” on this great website is one of the great wonders of this world we’re lucky to be living in. Never imagined I’d ever be able to think, write, or see, any thing about Musoma other than regular news from the mediocre media outlet…I have such fond memories of my childhood growing up in Kamunyonge even though I wasn’t born in Musoma but I spent few years there and left at the age of 10 but I still remember everything vividly. I’ve read other memories of other Musomians, I wish I could go back to those days one more time…
August 6, 2008 at 8:18 am
Salaam A Lakum
Its great to stumble on to this for it awakened in me the longing for chilhood home Musoma, which I left in 1967, for Nairobi and the onward journey to Scotland.
I attended the HRH Aga Khan Primary School, classes 6 & 7.
My father ABDUL KHALIL worked for Musoma bus and Tanganika Company.. He and His brother ABDUL RASHID used to,also on occasions operate the projectors at the cinema owned by the Musoma bus company I think.Am i correct in thinking that the some family who owned the bus company also run a vimto factory and the ferry on which I sailed to near by island for a eye test and glasses.
I also remember Mr Fariar the foreman or manager at the bus company and his son Bosco and daughter Maria
Do these things mean anything to you or you just wanna share memories please email me aslamkhalil56 at yahoo.co.uk.