Happy Ramadan
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Expensive Ramadan eat
Come Ramazan, and the price of food goes through the roof. The holy month has become synonymous with the unholy greed of the bazaar. In many other countries, such occasions are used by traders to offer generous discounts to consumers to make the observance of rituals affordable. But in Pakistan, exploiters have no qualms about fleecing customers at such times.In fact, this year the sugar millers forced the government to halve the general sales tax rather than see their profit margins reduced to bring the commodity within the reach of the common man. This, when one rule of thumb has it that on average a sugar-mill owner makes enough in a year to set up another outlet.
Nevertheless, it is the state?s responsibility to look after the minimum food needs of its people at all times. Ramazan-related food subsidies have never worked because of a defective delivery system. Such schemes add to the hardship of the poor who are made to stand in long queues for hours, often in the scorching heat, only to return home empty-handed because others have beaten them to it. There is another unsavoury side to the story. Some of us have turned the month of fasting into a month-long food festival. eat eat eat eat eat eat
Considering the way in which food is gorged at dawn and dusk by both the haves and the have-nots it is not surprising that food items otherwise in adequate supply become scarce overnight. This increase in demand spurs the hoarding of Ramazan-related items, causing them to be in limited supply in the market, thus aggravating shortages and resulting in price hikes.
http//www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/16-expensive-ramazan-hs-03
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Expensive Ramadan eat
Come Ramazan, and the price of food goes through the roof. The holy month has become synonymous with the unholy greed of the bazaar. In many other countries, such occasions are used by traders to offer generous discounts to consumers to make the observance of rituals affordable. But in Pakistan, exploiters have no qualms about fleecing customers at such times.In fact, this year the sugar millers forced the government to halve the general sales tax rather than see their profit margins reduced to bring the commodity within the reach of the common man. This, when one rule of thumb has it that on average a sugar-mill owner makes enough in a year to set up another outlet.
Nevertheless, it is the state?s responsibility to look after the minimum food needs of its people at all times. Ramazan-related food subsidies have never worked because of a defective delivery system. Such schemes add to the hardship of the poor who are made to stand in long queues for hours, often in the scorching heat, only to return home empty-handed because others have beaten them to it. There is another unsavoury side to the story. Some of us have turned the month of fasting into a month-long food festival. eat eat eat eat eat eat
Considering the way in which food is gorged at dawn and dusk by both the haves and the have-nots it is not surprising that food items otherwise in adequate supply become scarce overnight. This increase in demand spurs the hoarding of Ramazan-related items, causing them to be in limited supply in the market, thus aggravating shortages and resulting in price hikes.
http//www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/16-expensive-ramazan-hs-03
What are your favorite foods when you break your fast in the evening???
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Expensive Ramadan eat
Come Ramazan, and the price of food goes through the roof. The holy month has become synonymous with the unholy greed of the bazaar. In many other countries, such occasions are used by traders to offer generous discounts to consumers to make the observance of rituals affordable. But in Pakistan, exploiters have no qualms about fleecing customers at such times.
In fact, this year the sugar millers forced the government to halve the general sales tax rather than see their profit margins reduced to bring the commodity within the reach of the common man. This, when one rule of thumb has it that on average a sugar-mill owner makes enough in a year to set up another outlet.Nevertheless, it is the state?s responsibility to look after the minimum food needs of its people at all times. Ramazan-related food subsidies have never worked because of a defective delivery system. Such schemes add to the hardship of the poor who are made to stand in long queues for hours, often in the scorching heat, only to return home empty-handed because others have beaten them to it. There is another unsavoury side to the story. Some of us have turned the month of fasting into a month-long food festival. eat eat eat eat eat eat
Considering the way in which food is gorged at dawn and dusk by both the haves and the have-nots it is not surprising that food items otherwise in adequate supply become scarce overnight. This increase in demand spurs the hoarding of Ramazan-related items, causing them to be in limited supply in the market, thus aggravating shortages and resulting in price hikes.
http//www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/16-expensive-ramazan-hs-03
And I?m sure you know the reason if not let me tell you that this is not the same bless month god mentioned this Ummer month and not the real Ramadan month and i used to call this month the month of Zahma. '(
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And I?m sure you know the reason if not let me tell you that this is not the same bless month god mentioned this Ummer month and not the real Ramadan month and i used to call this month the month of Zahma. '(
Salaam Afridi,
I am not sure what you are trying to say infact I feel that you are very careful not to give away your true feelings. Remember the saying those who try to balance over two boats end up in water laugh
However, as you can see from the article, it has been made into a month of Zahma due to greed on both sides; those who do not understand the essence of fasting and those who want to cash in on this weekness.
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Salaam Afridi,
I am not sure what you are trying to say infact I feel that you are very careful not to give away your true feelings. Remember the saying those who try to balance over two boats end up in water laugh
However, as you can see from the article, it has been made into a month of Zahma due to greed on both sides; those who do not understand the essence of fasting and those who want to cash in on this weekness.
peaceSorry im not in your Boat and you know this very well
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That is your wishful thinkinghttp//img525.imageshack.us/img525/1540/funnyguy.gif
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WHERE DID YOU GET THAT GUY FROM?!!
HAHAHAHAH!!!
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WHERE DID YOU GET THAT GUY FROM?!!
HAHAHAHAH!!!
I think he's afriddi! Lets carry on or this will become OT!
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Salaam Munzir Ali, Avery happy Ramadan to you
Masha'Allah you are a sensible teen ager sunThank you and a very happy ramadhan to you too! handshake group sun
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This sounds good. I like Khoresht-e fesenjn or Khoresh Karafs with Persian rice...after some lighter fare like fruits and water. I also finish with dates and nuts...yum...
Salaam Dariush,
I can?t eat much after I break fast especially rice, I feel bloated. For me food at interval in small portions seems to work.
Anyway what is Khoresht-e fesenjn or Khoresh Karafs, must be good that you look forward to it, any chance of a recipe. D
Now what is different about Persian rice are these specially grown rice or cooked in certain way.
I am baking a nice cheese cake so how about a recipe exchange handshake
Enjoy Ramadan
peace