jinxeD_girl
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today my aunt brought something for me upstairs and i thought thats Ras-Malayi....... i was happy to see that and was about to start and then she told me this is "Dahi Bhallay"
btw it is easy to buy rasmalayi in UK, you get from almost every single sweet shop
Yeah I have heard there are lots of Desi people in U.K.... aren't you guyz the largest minority of U.K (or one of the largest)?
That reminds me of an article published in American newspaper about the differences between U.K. and U.S.A Pakistanis. The Pakistanis of U.K. are usually despised in U.K., they create gangs, pick up fights, fail to assimilate with the majority e.t.c e.t.c
But the Pakistanis of U.S.A.usually hold better jobs, are from upper strata of society, our median income is much higher than the national average income and in U.S.A - Asians (Chinese, Japenese, Pakistanis, Indians e.t.c) are considered model minority and the ONLY minority whose median income is higher than the majority i.e. Whites.
Ironically, U.S.A law classify Arabs, Persians, Afghans e.t.c as "Whites" for census purposes.
Questions and Answers for Census 2000 Data on Race
White. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as "White" or report entries such as Irish, German, Italian, Lebanese, Near Easterner, Arab, or Polish.
Pakistanis/Indians were also classified as whites long time ago, but then they asked for "Asian" category.
Arab Association of America has proposed to include "Middle Eastern" in U.S.A racial categories because including them under "whites" doesn't solve the problems associated with Middle Eastern people..
American Arabs proposed to include Middle Eastern as separate racial category and include Pakistan in it too.. Now it is Arabs who want to be associated with us, not the other way around.
Sorry, Zaki I had to stick all that in...