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^ No wonder Mecca cola never really took off on the subcontinent. 
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haha the way you indians get riled up about it does make it seem like shes onto something.
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^ it was just fine till the Indo-Pak Free Trade Agreement came along and Ratan bhai decided it's time to introduce the all new Urindia flavor, starting with Karahi exchange (hence the orgasm) followed by Islamabad (hence the sudden urge to watch cricket match) finally coming to a deadstop when a white mehran jalopy turned mutant vigilante on smokers
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Yeah, she is on something alright. better stop sniffing dat siht and smell the khusras. 
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Irem bhai, i waited so long for your response and you disappointed me.
I agree with ChandBeti "She is emotional, irrational and really immature for her age". why do you start a topic like this?
cafe is more suitable for you.
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^ ^ Hey CB, you are back!! how you been.
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yeah, we are the brain behind these conspiracies and we are all on gs wasting our time trying to prove otherwise.
I usually try to stay out of these meaningless brawls but Irem's arguments were too stupid to be ignored.
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Hey ChandBeti, welcome back, where have you been.
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CB vadarani shreedumbeshwari, kaye zala? heard you have started an export business of hanuman brand vadas and kali mata bakarwadis to karachi? how dare you share our goodies with them al qaedas! 
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I heard your Saraswati brand dosas are creating waves in the outskirts of Lahore.
Hey Aejaz, kaka. Been here, around ..lurking.
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you heard wrong batatavadarani, my dosa aint going near no skirt of no hore.
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queer its easy to blame Gujrat riots on "external conspiracy". the truth is very far from that. the state machinery itself was involved against the mass murder of Muslims. When huge numbers of populations are involved in mass murder through mobs, I can't see how you can blame it on "external conspiracy". Even if that is what sparked it off, your state machinery added fuel to the fire rather than extinguishing it.
kaka_in_usa just b/c my opinion is different from yours doesn't mean you can label it as immature or irrational. Please learn the basic rule of a discussion. I can tell you what it is: Talk about the topic under discussion, not the person who's discussing the topic.
Chandbeti your comments are too dumb to deserve a response from me. Please grow up and stop whining like a kid.
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:D
Irem, trading with India will give our ppl kick that they deserve to produce better / cheaper and faster. Job market will grow competition will grow etc etc. some day when you get free time, read about pros and cons of open and closed economy.
Our kids are already growing up with bhagwan etc through the movies and music etc. So no biggie, even there you have a competition to make sure your religion and culture is strong enough to survive.
Its a funny thread though :D
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sabah, its not just about cultural influence/domination.
I can't trust Indian intentions when I know whats at the back of their mind: This could be their way to make inroads into our economy and a step to eventually achieve their long standing dream of colonisation of Pak.
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Adding to that, yes it might sound like a far fetched conspiracy theory. But if you read about how the East India Company (the British) slowly did trade with us, then took over us (granted our rulers were weak at that time, and still our leaders are not the strongest) but they were not upfront with their intention either. They came with the facade of being traders and ended up becoming conquerers/colonisers.
After that experience we should be careful about who we let into our markets and who we don't. India already has a negative history, where we knwo we can't trust them, and their dream of maan-bharat is also always at the back of their minds, so in such a scenario I for one am not for free trade with Indian. Others have a right to their opinions.
If it was a matter of survival where we couldn't survive without doing free trade with India then I would have rethought my opinion but as of now, I don't think we need to do free trade with India.
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Irem, you have valid concerns but the way you put them make them appear like jokes. There are many ways to negatively influence the trade, which goes on both sides of the border. You can simply delay the gods on ports so that they become useless. On the other hand, there's no way you can control e-business so ppl will get what they want one way or the other. So why even bother. Movies are excellent example, for how long did we put bans on Indian movies, can you mention two kids you know who haven't watched an Indian movie despite the ban? I doubt highly.
Our government is what you want them to be, its simple as that.
As for now Irem, you and many youngsters of Pak need to understand how economy works, not that I have a masters in this field, but simple logic says that free trade kicks the economy and is in consumers best interest. If you see the Pak auto thread in Econ section, Akif bhai mentioned that government has threatened to lower taxes on imported vehicles. That is to pressurize the locals. Same concept with cross-border trade. Only the best will survive.
We're not is the fortunate situation where we can pick and dump as we like, as we do not have the best of reputation internationally. We need all the finances and business out there. Our ppl need jobs, money and future.
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sabah does my first post seem like a joke? I'm not sure why you got that idea, khair, I was only trying to discuss the issue. Later on when the issue was exhausted and people were kidding around, I just played along but I started this thread after having a detailed discussion with my dad on the topic coz I really didn't like the idea of free trade with India and wanted to see what folks over here think.
I see your points about why you advocate free trade with India and those are indeed valid points and a lot of people share your point of view. There definitely will be economic gain. Still, personally I don't agree with this, already explained why in my last post.
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im not sure if there will be that much economic gain through flooding the market with indian products. as I understand it chinese products have had an adverse impact on the local industry.
indian industries have matured over times and have been helped through protection from trade laws and import regulations. regardless of our ties with india/china etc, we should ensure that atleast some local businesses gain competency before we open our market.
i guess its too late for that though.
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No I think most people are right, Irem. You are an immature, sheltered, naive, myopic person.....with deep Oedipal complexes.
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Matsui I don't believe in insulting people even if they get on my nerves so I won't reply to your post in the same vein. If you continue to bother me in every thread I'll have to complain to admin about you. Please find another object of obsession and spare me.
RAV yeah Chinese products have had an adverse effect on our market.