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This article makes reference to my maternal grandfather - Jaichand Diyaljee
"Pitt Street, the main shopping area in New Amsterdam, was previously destoyed in 1923 by fire which began on the first floor above Ferrell's Jewel Store.
Rambarran said Ferrell subsequently reopened business, and during the following year, another jeweller, Jaichand Diyaljee, from Bombay, India, opened in one of the small buildings rebuilt by the Hikel's on the burnt spot."
Excerped:- Project Exotica pg_25
"Or did his Far Eye dream of high-colour women
propagated by the races of conquerors
ripened like guavas in the sun
weighed down with gold from Diyaljee's"
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