Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Parasurama

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Parasurama: one of my occasional ‘god’ spots.

Parasurama is one of the many incarnations of the Hindu god, Visnu. He is supposed to have saved the world from an army of tyrannical warriors. Another legend involves him ridding the world of despotic rulers (would that that were true!). He is generally depicted as a man holding an axe.

Stuart’s Daily Word Spot: Babu

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Babu: noun - a Hindu title of respect, gentleman; Indian clerk or official who can write English; a derogatory term for an Indian who’d had some English education.

‘That there Debdan is a real babu, you know; a proper gentleman worthy of real respect, not like those upstart coolies who think they know everything just because they’ve been to an English school.’