This is how well off people are referred in Sindh (affordability of fish and bread is synonym to be well off).
I don’t know why this term got this meaning. Probably, fish remained one of the expensive food item in the region, though in presence of river Indus and so many lakes it was never a rare commodity.
Do you know any such terms being used in other cultures to denote affordability and state of being rich?
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Ajj kal to Sana Safinaz ki lawn jo khareed sakta hai.. wohi well off kahlaye ga… 
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hamaare UP meN, Khaas kar Awadh meN, kahte haiN k:
"ameer agar chaahe to roz hii guR khaa saktaa hai"
guR to itnaa mahngaa nahiiN thaa kabhii bhii...is moHaavare kaa bhii koii siraa nahiiN milaa k aisaa kiuN kahaa karte the.
maze kii baat to yeh hai k Ghareeb insaan ke liye bhii guR kaa 'unqaa~ honaa uskii Ghurbat kii nishaan-dehii kartaa hai. moHaavarah yuN hai:
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"Ghareeb ko do waqt guR bhii moyassar nahiiN"**
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may be they always exported guR from Punjab
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nah…UP is a big sugarcane producing state in India and the guR production was always more than enuf for it’s people. it was always much cheaper than brown or white sugar.
btw, have you ever tried garam guR and ganne kaa ras?
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nah...UP is a big sugarcane producing state in India and the guR production was always more than enuf for it's people. it was always much cheaper than brown or white sugar.
btw, have you ever tried garam guR and ganne kaa ras?
not garam guR, but ganne ka rus yes. qomi mashroob of Pakistan
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not garam guR, but ganne ka rus yes. qomi mashroob of Pakistan
oh...you've missed out on something great. try it when you can.
it's like a hot paste. they used to put it on peepal leaves [huge leaves] and we used to cool it a bit and then lick it or use our index finger to lick it...it was indeed 'finger licking' good! :)
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Don’t remind me Naseebo Laal’s song on this sugarcane love affair 
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post it…ham bhii to dekheN Naseebo kia kahtii haiN! 
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na qabil sama’at , na qabil e isha’at
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oh oh…to kia GS kii postings bhii PEMRA ke taHet aatii hai?
ham kaan aur aaNkheN band kar ke dekh leNge…ham bhii Khush, PEMRA bhii Khush! 
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'khaatay peetay log' is a common phrase used to refer to affluent folks in Pakistan. "achay khatay peetay log hain".or "khatay peetay gharanay sey taaluq hai".
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ek aur yaad aayaa:
ameer log malgobha khaayeN aur Ghareeb log sattoo bhii na khaayeN
funny thing is that both pakwaan are cheap by any standards. :D