Julie & Kishore (26 page)

Pyiar (pee
-
yar):
Heart

Puja (poo
-
j
a
a):
Worship/prayers

Raja (ra
r-
ja):
King

Raajkumaari (raj
-
koo
-
marree):
Princess

Rajakumar (raja
-
koo
-
marr):
 
Prince

Rangoli (ran
-
go
-
lee):
Decorative designs that relate to
religion

Rani (raa
-
nee):
Queen

Roti (ro
-
tee):
Flat round bread

Saal (saal):
Year

Salwar Kameez
(sal
-
waar ka
-
meez):
Pant and top suit set

Sari (sa
-
ree):
Traditional Indian women’s clothing
made from a long length of cloth and a small bodice top

Shaadi (shar
-
dee):
Marriage

Shanti (Sharn
-
tee):
Peace

Shuu-shuu
(shoo-shoo):
Childhood words for needing the toilet

Subji (sub
-
gee):
Cooked vegetables ready to eat

Sundar (suun
-
dar):
Beautiful

Suraj (sur
-
arj):
Sun

Swaagat (swaa
-
get):
Welcome

Tawa (ta
-
wah):
Heavy black cooking utensil, similar to
a frying pan with no sides

Tiffian
(tiff-in):
Tiffian refers to a small meal – Tiffian carrier is a round metal lunch
container

Teohar (tee
-
o
-
har):
Festival

Vyakti (ve
-
yak
-
tee):
An individual, a person

ABOUT THE
AUTHOR

I am born, bred and live in Auckland,
New Ze
a
land.

In real life
,
just like my books, I am married to an
Indian man.
    
My husband and I have been together for
more than twenty years.
Friends and family urged me to write
a book about us,

finally
I found the
time.

Julie & Kishore is loosely based on
my life, although I have changed
to
much of the
content to call it non-fiction.
  

Want to know
what happens next to Julie & Kishore?

                         
 
Julie & Kishore – Take
Two

                                  
will
be released soon
.

I am currently writing a third
book
,

Nina’
s Art,

 
which
involves many
of the same characters but

is
a different
story.