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Eid is one of the most important and holiest events of Islam.  Eid -ul-Adha, in particular, is known as the ‘BARI’ or bigger  Eid  of the two  Eid s, which makes it even holier. It is also known as the “festival of sacrifice”, honoring the sacrifice of Hazrat Ibrahim as an act of love and unconditional devotion towards Allah. On this holy event, Muslims sacrifice animals – usually goats, sheep, cows and camels and distribute that meat among family members, relatives, neighbors, and friends and also donate it to the poor. Everyone comes together for feasts and get-togethers and celebrate the event with joy. Families start preparing for this one event weeks and months before. Women go out to shop for garments, shoes, makeup, and jewelry excitedly and men are busy visiting ‘MANDI’ to purchase the best and healthiest animal for the sacrifice. There are a lot of things required when it comes to  Eid  preparation and what can be better than the fac...

Normally, when there’s a birthday, an anniversary or a wedding, that we can’t stop asking from others, what are we supposed to give as a gift or how to make people feel special while giving them something worth it. Giving cash out also feel weird at times, so what next? Gifting someone for the first time is easy but when you have to give them like every year or twice in a year, its quite complicated as options goes completely vein and in that vein, we sniffed around the fanciest, chanciest brands, and found the cheapest, nicest item from each (many of which, we should note, are not cheap-cheap — only relatively so) that would make a wonderful, indulgent gift, especially for the stumpers on your list. Sometimes, being brand-obsessed when it comes to gifts is good, but then again the choices are totally unpredictable. There is something so glamorous about opening a Chanel gift box — even when what’s inside said a box is a bar of soap. So, for keeping everything in pla...