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LUCKNOW: Heres a flavour of true Lakhnavi tradition: Aloo-ghobi, chhola-bhatura, khoya-matar paneer, dam-aloo, kachauri, missi-roti and
dahi-bada all these will be served on the platter this Eid, much to the delight of the Hindus, many of whom will not be able to savour non-veg dishes since the 10-day festival of Navratra has coincided with Eid.
Lakhnavi Dastarkhwan thus will have the menu for all. As anxious rozedaars waited for the moon to be sighted on Sunday, Nawab Ibrahim Ali Khan and his Begum Saulat Ara of Sheesh Mahal were busy giving final instructions to their family cooks. The main party we throw on Eid has gone totally vegetarian this time as a mark of respect for our Hindu friends, said Nawab Ibrahim. A majority of their friends and guests are Hindus, many of whom abstain from non-veg food during Navratra.
My guests must be served what they can savour, said Begum. The ready-to-eat recipes will be served in separate dining areas inside their home. That, of course, doesnt mean that their Muslim guests, friends and relatives will have to do without the murgh-biryani or shaami kababs.
The main charm of Eid, however, remains sewain saffron quimami sewain and doodh-wali sewain. To suit the needs of those fasting during Navratra, the sewain too is being prepared inside a vegetarian ambience in the Sheesh Mahal.
---------- Post added at 04:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:07 PM ----------
Hindu, Muslim unity makes month of fasting special
The month of fasting has come to an end on a happy note as ever, with many pleasant memories like breaking of fast with the preparations cooked
by the Hindus, the offering of namaz inside a temple, the awakening of the Muslims by a devout Hindu for "Sahri" in Aliganj.
Hats off to the residents of the Naubatpur village of Chamauli who have set a record of sorts of brotherhood and secularism. The Hindus of the village hold an Iftar party in which the Muslims break their fast by the food cooked by them within the precinct of a temple. They also offer the maghrib namaz there. (Rashtriya Sahara 18/90). Likewise, a Hindu has been awakening the Muslims all through the month in Aliganj for "Sahri". A police officer of Mumbai, Ashok Laksman, according to the daily (19/9), is observing fast during the month of Ramazan since 1989. He claims that the roza gives him not only mental peace, it solves may of his problems.
By-poll results: The Gujarat, Uttarakhand and Bihar by-election results could not have come at a better time for the BJP and Lalu Prasad. The results have given a clear majority to the BJP in Uttarakhand whereas it has humbled the Congress on many seats in Gujarat. In Bihar, the RJD, which seemed to be down and out after the Lok Sabha elections, staged a comeback by bagging nine out of 18 assembly seats. On the whole, the results have not been favourable to the Congress, However, Zafar Agha, a columnist, keeps on harping in his middle (Rashtriya Sahara 15/9) that the Hindutva forces are in a shambles and the secular forces seem to be gaining a sort of an upper hand in the country. The Congress, it may be mentioned, has lost both seats it contested in Delhi to BJP and RJD.
Austerity drive: The Aag (14/9) is not much amused by the austerity drive launched by the Congress and the governments led or run by it. Two of the Union ministers of the party, it says, were found to be staying in hotels spending one lakh rupees each per day as the houses allotted to them were, in their opinion, not up to the mark. The party, says the daily, has launched the drive to off set the embarrassment caused by the disclosure. Approvingly mentioning a BJP leader's plea that the drive should start from the top, the daily wants the President and the governors to opt for smaller accommodations. The daily even wants the governors to go as their work can be done by chief justices and the speakers. Though not opposed to the measure, the daily disfavours the symbolic character of the drive.
No Urdu stall: The book fair at the Moti Mahal Lawns is an yearly affair, but the 2009's stands out as something unique: It has no stall of Urdu books, probably for the first time for any book fair in Lucknow. However, it will be wrong to find fault with the organisers of the fair. The Urdu-lovers themselves should have seen to it that a stall was set up. Even the Urdu Akademy could have done it.
dahi-bada all these will be served on the platter this Eid, much to the delight of the Hindus, many of whom will not be able to savour non-veg dishes since the 10-day festival of Navratra has coincided with Eid.
Lakhnavi Dastarkhwan thus will have the menu for all. As anxious rozedaars waited for the moon to be sighted on Sunday, Nawab Ibrahim Ali Khan and his Begum Saulat Ara of Sheesh Mahal were busy giving final instructions to their family cooks. The main party we throw on Eid has gone totally vegetarian this time as a mark of respect for our Hindu friends, said Nawab Ibrahim. A majority of their friends and guests are Hindus, many of whom abstain from non-veg food during Navratra.
My guests must be served what they can savour, said Begum. The ready-to-eat recipes will be served in separate dining areas inside their home. That, of course, doesnt mean that their Muslim guests, friends and relatives will have to do without the murgh-biryani or shaami kababs.
The main charm of Eid, however, remains sewain saffron quimami sewain and doodh-wali sewain. To suit the needs of those fasting during Navratra, the sewain too is being prepared inside a vegetarian ambience in the Sheesh Mahal.
---------- Post added at 04:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:07 PM ----------
Hindu, Muslim unity makes month of fasting special
The month of fasting has come to an end on a happy note as ever, with many pleasant memories like breaking of fast with the preparations cooked
by the Hindus, the offering of namaz inside a temple, the awakening of the Muslims by a devout Hindu for "Sahri" in Aliganj.
Hats off to the residents of the Naubatpur village of Chamauli who have set a record of sorts of brotherhood and secularism. The Hindus of the village hold an Iftar party in which the Muslims break their fast by the food cooked by them within the precinct of a temple. They also offer the maghrib namaz there. (Rashtriya Sahara 18/90). Likewise, a Hindu has been awakening the Muslims all through the month in Aliganj for "Sahri". A police officer of Mumbai, Ashok Laksman, according to the daily (19/9), is observing fast during the month of Ramazan since 1989. He claims that the roza gives him not only mental peace, it solves may of his problems.
By-poll results: The Gujarat, Uttarakhand and Bihar by-election results could not have come at a better time for the BJP and Lalu Prasad. The results have given a clear majority to the BJP in Uttarakhand whereas it has humbled the Congress on many seats in Gujarat. In Bihar, the RJD, which seemed to be down and out after the Lok Sabha elections, staged a comeback by bagging nine out of 18 assembly seats. On the whole, the results have not been favourable to the Congress, However, Zafar Agha, a columnist, keeps on harping in his middle (Rashtriya Sahara 15/9) that the Hindutva forces are in a shambles and the secular forces seem to be gaining a sort of an upper hand in the country. The Congress, it may be mentioned, has lost both seats it contested in Delhi to BJP and RJD.
Austerity drive: The Aag (14/9) is not much amused by the austerity drive launched by the Congress and the governments led or run by it. Two of the Union ministers of the party, it says, were found to be staying in hotels spending one lakh rupees each per day as the houses allotted to them were, in their opinion, not up to the mark. The party, says the daily, has launched the drive to off set the embarrassment caused by the disclosure. Approvingly mentioning a BJP leader's plea that the drive should start from the top, the daily wants the President and the governors to opt for smaller accommodations. The daily even wants the governors to go as their work can be done by chief justices and the speakers. Though not opposed to the measure, the daily disfavours the symbolic character of the drive.
No Urdu stall: The book fair at the Moti Mahal Lawns is an yearly affair, but the 2009's stands out as something unique: It has no stall of Urdu books, probably for the first time for any book fair in Lucknow. However, it will be wrong to find fault with the organisers of the fair. The Urdu-lovers themselves should have seen to it that a stall was set up. Even the Urdu Akademy could have done it.
can i eat or not........
. As a Vajrayana Buddhist, I am an ardent vegetarian though 
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