Masala Chai !!

These are some Indian names or words which are the roots to these Anglicised versions of the same

Ill start of with the ones i've heard or borrowed...

Harish or Hari - Harris or Harry
Maikalal - Michael
Jaikishan - Jackson

And here are the original's ... HUHAHA....

Paresh - Pires (French footballer)
Rabindranath - Robert
Murugan - Morgan
Dwarkanath Nyanesh - - Dirk Nannes (Aussie Fast Bowler)
Kahaka(sanskrit for crow)- Kaka (Brazillian footballer)
Janardhan - Jonathan
Deven - Dwayne
Shantanu - Santana (Musician)

Maska Maar Ke (Some "Facts")....

Captain Morgan, The brand of rum was started by Captain Murugan ;)
J.P.Morgan was started by Jai Prakash Murugan who was later known as J.P.Morgan ;)

Disclaimer - All of this is just my imagination and i do not claim that any of this is true(some of it might be true, who knows?? ).. and about the last two lines of the post, thats absolutely FALSE... all of this is meant in good humour so please dont come back to sue me....

Cheers
The Curry Pot