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You will find mounds of khandvi beautifully stacked on counters in halwai shops (akin to delis) all over Bombay.
Archive 2008-01-01 Nupur 2008
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It had wud panleeng n teh halwai, libbinrum, n kichen.
tub iz belongz to us nao… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Trupti - they taste like something you would get in a halwai shop :
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The owners of Bengali Sweet come from a long line of bakers, or halwai.
Gridskipper 2009
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The otherwise laid-out-in-the-open halwa and sweets will be all covered and served to you with a smile by a smartly uniformed halwai wearing a pair of gloves. '
India eNews 2009
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In case you didn't know, Ranbir sports a number of other looks in the film - a halwai with a gamchha tied on his forehead; a Charlie Chaplin look; a bespectacled geek, a pathan with a beard and turban; a dancer with an Elvis hair-do; a regular dude with stubble; also a look inspired from his grandpa
ApunKaChoice.com 2009
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Nor because Mummy-Jaan and Daddy-Jaan were making to-be Beast-of-Burden-Jaan’s life even more hellish than she imagined a life of servitude to a low-life halwai would be.
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Nor because Mummy-Jaan and Daddy-Jaan were making to-be Beast-of-Burden-Jaan’s life even more hellish than she imagined a life of servitude to a low-life halwai would be.
Archive 2005-10-01 ps 2005
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a halwai in Benaras created the tirangi burfi, arranging layers of piste ki launj, khoye-badam ki burfi and santare ki launj one on top of the other.
The Times of India 2010
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