This Eid I only want Santa Claus!
I am sure you are all enjoying today: eating delicious food, wearing beautiful new clothes, visiting family and friends and obviously waiting anxiously for your Eid Gift Pakistan . What fun. After all, this is what Eid is about. Unfortunately, not all of us are going to celebrate Eid in the traditional way. There was a time, a few years ago, when the stores in Chaand Raat were filled with men and women frantically making their last errands for Eid at the last moment. All the stores had a bigger and brighter sign that said it offered a better discount than its counterparts, and even Thelay Waley cut its already low prices as a gesture to welcome the pious party we would all celebrate together. We settled and committed to make sure everyone had the opportunity to celebrate, in whatever way they could manage. A few days ago, I left my room and saw the maid sewing a slightly torn shirt. I had asked my mother to give her buttons that my mother was not going to use anymor...