Re: Tuhfe Taha’if (Unwanted Gifts)
iss mein kiya hai, achcha tohfa hai 
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Kuch aur pila day saaqia
Har ghum ko bhula day saaqia
Mai kam hai to inn aankhon say
Aa hont laga lay saaqia
Aaj hi daikhiyay Naaz cinema par, HK aur AO kay raaz-o-niyaaz.
!!! ALERT - Rozaydaar, raat ka show, roza kholnay kay ba’ad daikhain !!!
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There are these two twin cousins of us. One of them was brought up by our ammi and elder sister, as their mother is a working lady. so sis always takes stuff for her when she visits them. The other one always complaint ‘meri to koi value hi nahi’. Though sis also takes something for her as well.
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has anyone from Pakistan gifted you old Naheed Akhtar songs cassette with Jhankar? Bijli bhari hai mere ang ang main… 
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Hate the damn cheap jhankaar. Saaray gaanay ka satiyaa naass ho jaata hai.
I know that song and I have it on cassette.
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wheveevr anyone from Pakistan visiting you, what do you ask them to bring for you? Hum TV ke drame? 
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Kurtay, shalwar, antibiotics, Peshawri chappal, hakeemi dawa… 
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aap apni list mat bataen.. BTW whats hakeemi dawa?
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I was saying… Hakeemi dawa may be precocious in West…
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Most people do bring bring gifts as it’s natural to want to gift things to your relatives. In my observation though, the absolute expectation that you bring something and that said something be high end/branded items isn’t really there (as has become the case in other cultures.) If you were to not bring anything, your relatives wouldn’t mention it and it probably wouldn’t cause any sort of rift.
That said, there is also individual difference and every culture has its share of individuals who are less than well mannered.
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How did you know ?
Par kurta shalwaar pehnay saal beet gaye.
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Aww. 
Allah aap ko relief day.
Albattah aap ghareeb-ul-jaib to kahin say nahi lagtay.
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What is your money-making scheme ? I want to know details.
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so you are running without kurta shalwar 
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Running without shalwar is prablam…
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some people just send salams from distant areas. did you ever get such salam?
GHULAM ALI - Tumhare Khat Mein Naya Ik Salam Kis Ka Tha](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1m8fas_ghulam-ali-tumhare-khat-mein-naya-ik-salam-kis-ka-tha_music)
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Humaima ki baghair shalwaar pic kiss ne post ki thi ?
TS shalwaar na pehnay to praablam. #tehmad_zinda_baad]
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Re: Tuhfe Taha’if (Unwanted Gifts)
No we don’t get any special requests nor I think there’s ever any great expectation, the usual response to any question is often along the lines that ‘no no everything is available here’. But we tend to rely to chocolates and other funky souvenir type items for youngsters or sometimes we’d just give them a treat there.
But I really do appreciate people who bring Aab e Zam Zam from hajj or Umrah.
Re: Tuhfe Taha’if (Unwanted Gifts)
I think tendency of appreciating aab e zam zam was always there, because of religious factors. But when people start expecting or think of other options (gifts), some times, they don’t value these items, as mentioned in OP.
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If you are talking about the example from Bano Qudsia story in the OP, then I strangely sympathies with the woman. There’s a hint of vulnerability, disappointment, meagerness and anticipation behind her request that makes her appear so human.