Cutchi Memons
We belong to Cutchi Memon Community in Kerala. Cutch is a place near Gujarat and we were business community. History tells that about 200 years back British Government invited Cutchees to spread to different parts of India for doing business. Some families came to Kerala. Our forefathers who came to Kayamkulum are Sahib Denna and Soan Bai. One of the son of Sahib Denna was Hajee Essa and his son Ahamed Hajee Essa and his son was my father Essa Ahamed. Cutchi Memons who came to Kerala never returned to Cutch and they lived peacefully with absolute harmony with other community doing business.
We speak Cutch language which has no script and our food habits are different. We all studied in local schools and can handle Malayalum fluently. Many of the Cutchees have married from locals. There is an All India Cutchi Memon Federation based in Bombay and each city like Cochin, Alleppey, Trivandrum etc has Cutchi Memon Association which take care of Cutchees for their education, marriage, medical and other issues.
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We speak Cutch language which has no script and our food habits are different. We all studied in local schools and can handle Malayalum fluently. Many of the Cutchees have married from locals. There is an All India Cutchi Memon Federation based in Bombay and each city like Cochin, Alleppey, Trivandrum etc has Cutchi Memon Association which take care of Cutchees for their education, marriage, medical and other issues.
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They were very pious people helping all financially and manually. They did good business without taking big profit or hoarding or adulteration. So people of Kerala accepted them and gave whatever help required. They did importing of Burma rice, cloth and other things and exported Masala, prawns, betel etc.
They employed many including locals and paid reasonably. My father was the first law graduate from our community who took his BA, BL from the Law college Madras before 1936. He decided to educate all of his sons. But still two of my brothers went for business, one exporting prawns and other fish items to Japan and other countries having base in Madras, whereas the other brother is having offset printing presses and shops. My elder brother after graduation entered into Bank of India as clerk and retired as manager. Another brother opted for Insurance Co and later took voluntary retirement and now doing free lanser for Insurance consultation.
Cutchees help each other. Though mainly we are business community now many are also educated and employed. So far none of my family members have visited Cutch
Dr.Mohamed Ali esa
Dr.Mohamed Ali esa
