Visit of Indian PM and Bangladesh is loser again

[Tiki Tam Tam]

Illegal homemade liquor (known as 'Mod' or 'Bangla') is widely consumed in rural areas. The (mostly Christian) Garo tribal folk also brew a strong rice beer called 'Choo'. Christians are permitted to use wine for Holy Communion.

Bangladesh 'beer' tests alcohol ban

It looks like beer, it tastes like beer, but in law at least it is a malt beverage.

A company in Bangladesh believes it has found a legal loophole to get around the Islamic country's ban on alcoholic drinks.

But their discovery has created a furore among Islamic parties and the threat of legal action from at least one leading international brewer.

"A friend at the Department of Narcotics Control gave us the idea," said Shameem Islam, the managing director of Crown Beverages.

"We would never have thought of this without them. We make it in a similar way to beer, but it is definitely not beer because it contains less than 5% alcohol."

The company is using the wording of Bangladesh's Drug Control Act 1990 to justify the sale...........

One step ahead

The drinks are being marketed as Crown and Hunter and the cans bear a striking resemblance to famous international beer brands.

But again Shameem Islam believes he is one step ahead.

"That was deliberate," he says, "we checked and found Foster's and Carlsberg never registered their brands in Bangladesh, so we took the opportunity to register first." .........

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Bangladesh 'beer' tests alcohol ban

Wouldn't know if the Islamist have managed to impose a ban.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

Still playing the 1971 card ehh? Robbed entire Bangladesh, but who cares theres 1971 ? The bordering killings, but who cares, remember 1971? Indian Phencydl makers supplying drugs, but who cares. there's 1971.

Are you a card?

Robbed entire Bangaldesh?

Wow!

Land of the Peacock Throne and gold and gems!

How delusional can you get?

If Bangaldesh was such a prize catch and a storehouse of wealth, then Pakistan would have guarded it as if it were the Crown Jewels!!

That they did not and even now, could not care less, indicates the grandiose imagination that is rife amongst you, to deflect the abject laziness and chaos that afflict Bangladesh and its state.

Don't blame others for your infirmities.

Get a hold of yourself, set your house in order and surge forth into the world to be reckonable!

 

[Md Akmal]

Illegal homemade liquor (known as 'Mod' or 'Bangla') is widely consumed in rural areas. The (mostly Christian) Garo tribal folk also brew a strong rice beer called 'Choo'. Christians are permitted to use wine for Holy Communion.
Wouldn't know if the Islamist have managed to impose a ban.

@ This was banned by Sk Mujib himself. Look, Tiki Tam Tam, Beer,Wine,Whisky etc are banned since Pakistan's time. Sice these are not readily available so only a very few people are addicted on it. Now, if we suddenly lift ban on this than there would tremendous negative impact on it. I have seen in Sri Langka all the wine shops are always closed with having only one window open for selling.

 

[Roybot]

Illegal homemade liquor (known as 'Mod' or 'Bangla') is widely consumed in rural areas. The (mostly Christian) Garo tribal folk also brew a strong rice beer called 'Choo'. Christians are permitted to use wine for Holy Communion.



Wouldn't know if the Islamist have managed to impose a ban.

What about palm wine? Toddy/Tadi? I heard Bangladeshis are quite the connoisseurs of that.

 

[Md Akmal]

What about palm wine? Toddy/Tadi? I heard Bangladeshis are quite the connoisseurs of that.

@ Yes roy_gouav, you are right, locally we call it "tari". " Taler roshe betal holam". I have also taken but you know it is not that testy and strong. I remember, once General Yahya Khan was the GOC in the then East Pakistan some times in 50's or early 60's some how got the smell of this "Tari" and than he became a regular drinker. Even in the offices during tea break he used to take this "Tari". I read this story from an article written by some brigader. Dhaka Cantonment has lot of "Tal Gach". roy_gouav, since lot of Indian VIP's are touring very frequently in our country, you can tie up with them. If not you can be my guest also. I am at the heart of Dhaka. By the way, fried "Ilish mach" will also be there.

 

[Roybot]

@ Yes roy_gouav, you are right, locally we call it "tari". " Taler roshe betal holam". I have also taken but you know it is not that testy and strong. I remember, once General Yahya Khan was the GOC in the then East Pakistan some times in 50's or early
60's some how got the smell of this "Tari" and than he became a regular drinker. Even in the office's during tea break he used to take this "Tari". I read this story from an article written by some brigader. Dhaka Cantonment has lot of "Tal Gach". roy_gouav, since lot of Indian VIP's are touring very frequently in our country, you can tie up with them. If not you can be my guest also. I am at the heart of Dhaka. By the way, fried "Ilish mach" will also be there.

I have been to Bangladesh twice, next time I visit,will come say hello. I am always up for some Maach Bhaat(not a big fan of illish though, prefer rui).

 

[Md Akmal]

@ Woo !!!! so many Indian people have come to take "Tari" of Bangladesh like General Yahya !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jinxeD_girl]

Are you a card?

Robbed entire Bangaldesh?

Wow!

Land of the Peacock Throne and gold and gems!

How delusional can you get?

If Bangaldesh was such a prize catch and a storehouse of wealth, then Pakistan would have guarded it as if it were the Crown Jewels!!

That they did not and even now, could not care less, indicates the grandiose imagination that is rife amongst you, to deflect the abject laziness and chaos that afflict Bangladesh and its state.

Don't blame others for your infirmities.

Get a hold of yourself, set your house in order and surge forth into the world to be reckonable!

Sorry for my ignorance sir... but wasn't the land of peacock throne and gold and gems and sone ki chidiyas (according to indians) was India and not Bangladesh? But none of the invaders guarded India as "Crown Jewels". All they did was rob, loot, and plunder that black hole and leave.

 

[Roybot]

Sorry for my ignorance sir... but wasn't the land of peacock throne and gold and gems and sone ki chidiyas (according to indians) was India and not Bangladesh? But none of the invaders guarded India as "Crown Jewels". All they did was rob, loot, and plunder that black hole and leave.

There was no Bangladesh or Pakistan back then, the whole region was called India, or black hole as you put it.

 

[jinxeD_girl]

There was no Bangladesh or Pakistan back then, the whole region was called India, or black hole as you put it.

but you got my point... if you have to rob someone... you don't have to guard it...

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

Sorry for my ignorance sir... but wasn't the land of peacock throne and gold and gems and sone ki chidiyas (according to indians) was India and not Bangladesh? But none of the invaders guarded India as "Crown Jewels". All they did was rob, loot, and plunder that black hole and leave.

True.

Takht-e Tâvus.

India and there was no other truncations then!

Guess who was guarding it?

Created for the Mughal Badshah Shah Jahan of India and Nader Shah invaded the Mughal Empire in 1738, and returned to Persia in 1739 with the original Peacock Throne as well as many other treasures taken from the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah.

Good custodians, I agree with you!

 

[harpoon]

@ This was banned by Sk Mujib himself. Look, Tiki Tam Tam, Beer,Wine,Whisky etc are banned since Pakistan's time. Sice these are not readily available so only a very few people are addicted on it. Now, if we suddenly lift ban on this than there would tremendous negative impact on it. I have seen in Sri Langa all the wine shops are always closed with having only one window open for selling.

Thats for crowd control, not to reduce sales. Even in India some 'Wine Shops' have this arrangement.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

@ This was banned by Sk Mujib himself. Look, Tiki Tam Tam, Beer,Wine,Whisky etc are banned since Pakistan's time. Sice these are not readily available so only a very few people are addicted on it. Now, if we suddenly lift ban on this than there would tremendous negative impact on it. I have seen in Sri Langka all the wine shops are always closed with having only one window open for selling.

You may see this:

http://www.searo.who.int/LinkFiles/Alcohol_and_Substance_abuse_Bangladesh.pdf

Traditional alcoholic beverages

Local alcoholic beverages called cholai and tari are consumed by the lower socioeconomic classes, while workers drink another distilled beverage called Bangla Mad.

Morbidity, health and social problems from alcohol use

In Bangladesh, the consumption of alcohol is strictly prohibited both as a social function and as a religious rite by most of the religions. Yet, the problem of alcoholism is becoming a threat to the nation’s welfare. Information obtained from law enforcement authorities, treatment providers and other sources indicate that problems of alcohol abuse have become quite common in Bangladesh. Although the problem is more serious in urban areas....

of the country (probably due to easy accessibility of alcoholic beverages), there are indications that it is emerging at an increasing rate in rural areas. Alcohol is being produced by some pharmaceutical industries in Bangladesh. Moreover, some crude forms are produced and used by the poor, usually by fermentation of boiled rice, sugar-cane, and molasses.

Although no systematic assessment has been undertaken so far to establish the prevalence and patterns of substance abuse in Bangladesh, reports from different governmental and non-governmental drug addiction and treatment centres and from various journals and studies report increasing drug-related crimes in the country. It is noted that the younger generation, especially students, are most vulnerable to this problem.

At least 90 Bangladeshis died in 1998, including 70 in Gaibandha, after consuming illegal homemade alcohol. In the following year, there was an incident of alcohol poisoning in the north-eastern town of Narsingdi, about 50 miles from the capital Dhaka, where 96 people reportedly died and more than 100 hospitalized as a result of drinking illegal homemade liquor.

In a 1995 study of 30 male multiple drug users (aged 20 years and above) it was found that alcohol was one of the most frequently used drug (50% of the sample reported use of alcohol prior to the interview)

 

[Zabaniyah]

^^^In various clubs, alcohol is available. We won't find alcohol off some store's shelf.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

There is nothing great in drinking and there is nothing disgraceful about drinking.

It is a personal choice.

There is also a thread on this forum on the subject where much debate of what it is said in Islam.

Ghazals, rubiyyats, Moghul miniature paintings shows alcohol as intrinsic.

Therefore, one does find it odd and even exasperating when one pretends that their country being Muslim has no alcohol intake because that is a blatant falsehood.

Two things is universal - alcohol and prostitution and no country is free of it, religion inhibiting or otherwise.

Human beings will be human beings will all the weaknesses and so there will be many who will fall a prey.

I have had Bangladeshi officers as students, who while inhibited before unequal ranks, made merry then they were with their peers and enjoying my hospitality.

In fact, one Hindu Bangaldeshi officer decline alcoholic beverages, but not so the Muslim boys!

It was personal choice and nothing more!

They were as religious as the next man Jack!

There is a Bengali saying - ati bhokti, chorer lokhon!