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  • Celebrity astro numerologist Bhavikk Sangghvi predicts what's in store for Bollywood's most loved 'bhai' -

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • In 1962, Nehru didn't listen to the warnings of the erstwhile Jana Sangh, believed 'the Chinese can never attack us' and lost face and land both to his 'bhai'-like friends.

    rediff.com 2008

  • In 1962, Nehru didn't listen to the warnings of the erstwhile Jana Sangh, believed 'the Chinese can never attack us' and lost face and land both to his 'bhai'-like friends.

    rediff.com 2008

  • I have heard it traced to the Hindoostanee word bhai, a brother, but the usual attitude of the Anglo-Indian's mind towards his domestics does not give sufficient support to this.

    Behind the Bungalow Edward Hamilton Aitken 1880

  • The "bhai", when sarcastically affixed to a Gujju name, especially by a non-Gujju, reflects a certain state of Gujju being: well-fed and flashy

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • I am amazed how some people not comfortable with the whole "bhai" "and" ji "and al I can say for ..."

    NAACHGAANA 2010

  • And the 'bhai' would either be speaking Urdu or wearing ankle-high lungi and skull cap and speaking chaste Ramnad Tamil.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • There a foster Dixo Dad (Mithun Chakraborty, help) who calls Sidhu Carrot his 'bhai' probably because he's seen too many Ram Gopal Underworld movies.

    NAACHGAANA 2009

  • Irrfan Khan and Saurabh Shukla as the hectoring cops, and Mahesh Manjrekar as the brutal 'bhai', fit right in.

    Screen News 2009

  • "I am not that kind of bhai so please don't misunderstand," Praful quipped and then added that wanted a cut in airfares.

    IBN Top Headlines 2008

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