akshayxyz Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 ^ par aisee shawl ka kya fayda? I mean, I don't see how it can help you keep warm - what a shawl is supposed to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 ^ par aisee shawl ka kya fayda? I mean, I don't see how it can help you keep warm - what a shawl is supposed to do. actually it keeps very, very warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganeshran Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 How much does such a shawl cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijay.Sharma Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 What is the meaning of "pashmina". I know it is a shawl but does it mean a shawl of a particular material? Is pashmina = silk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhanSaab Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Pashm = wool in Persian Thats where the word comes from. Pashmina shawls are made from the wool of some special goat only found in the himalayas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 the finest Pashmina shawls are made in Kashmir IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 actually it keeps very' date=' very warm.[/quote'] No it doesn't!!! Its meant to be a decorative/status thing IMO. At least the ones here. Maybe in Kashmir they have regular wool added to them also. Depends on the embroidery/the % of Pashmina/the kind of Pashmina/ the outlet and your negotiation skills :P Typically, a 80% Pashmina stole, 1.5 feet long and a few inches in width would cost around Rs 5000-7000 for minimal levels of embroidery work. Full length shawls are more expensive. From whatever I've read (Urdu literature), which I admit isn't much, Pashm means soft/smooth and not 'wool' or 'silk'. There was a Nyay Sharma poem called "Pashm" as a prelude in a play I watched , but I can't remember much about it. Not really sure about the origins/etymology of the word. The word for wool is 'oon'. @khaansaab, yes, the sig has a quotation by Faiz Ahmed Faiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijay.Sharma Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 From whatever I've read (Urdu literature), which I admit isn't much, Pashm means soft/smooth and not 'wool' or 'silk'. There was a Nyay Sharma poem called "Pashm" as a prelude in a play I watched , but I can't remember much about it. Not really sure about the origins/etymology of the word. The word for wool is 'oon'. @khaansaab, yes, the sig has a quotation by Faiz Ahmed FaizThanks for clarifying that. I bought a pashmina for my ex wife from KL airport once and it was the smoothest thing ever. From there I thought pashmina was silk or worst case satin. I always thought pashminas were supposed to be smooth material and hence the one traditional material that comes to mind immediately is silk. Wow...I just searched Wiki and this is what it sez - Pashmina refers to a type of fine cashmere wool and the textiles made from it.[1][2] The name comes from Pashmineh (پشمینه), made from Persian pashm ("wool").[2] The wool comes from changthangi or pashmina goat, which is a special breed of goat indigenous to high altitudes of the Himalayas in Nepal, Pakistan and northern India. Pashmina shawls are hand spun, woven and embroidered in Kashmir, and made from fine cashmere fibre. So what it is some kinda silkesque wool? Edit - OK, so in Persian wool is pashm and 'oon' is in Urdu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 No it doesn't!!! Its meant to be a decorative/status thing IMO. At least the ones here. Maybe in Kashmir they have regular wool added to them also. maybe I heard about some other type of shawl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhanSaab Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 From whatever I've read (Urdu literature), which I admit isn't much, Pashm means soft/smooth and not 'wool' or 'silk'. There was a Nyay Sharma poem called "Pashm" as a prelude in a play I watched , but I can't remember much about it. Not really sure about the origins/etymology of the word. The word for wool is 'oon'. I thought both "oon" and "pashm" mean wool in urdu with pashm being a farsi loan word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 is Ron Paul the Gandhi of our times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijay.Sharma Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 is Ron Paul the Gandhi of our times?Ron who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I'm absolutely the worst person in the universe to run an errand at a short notice. The only people I'll drop stuff to deal with at a short notice are my immediate family and some friends. Anyone else had better make sure they give me plenty of notice, a minimum of two hours even if I am doing nothing. I hate having to do stuff at a short notice, its one of the things that annoys me the most. In fact it annoys me even more than actually running that said errand. I also hate waiting. Really aggravates me. I hardly ever get :mad:, but waiting gets me into a sullen mood, I start plotting how I'm going to inconvenience people back. :(( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prakat Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Just make sure you don't run errands for yourself, you should be alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Just make sure you don't run errands for yourself' date=' you should be alright.[/quote'] Or I can I forewarn myself 2 hours in advance that I have to run an errand for myself. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prakat Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 :cantstop: You don't consider yourself to be part of your immediate family or close friends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holysmoke Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 My friends have now learnt that it's dangerous to keep me waiting. Sometimes i think that their watches work like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonishaSarabhai Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Happy Chocolate Day everyone !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonishaSarabhai Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 had a pressure cooker disaster. i was trying to make dal and i think i added too much water. there was a loud noise and there was dal all over the kitchen :( just cleaned it up. cooking is the WORST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda-esque Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 had a pressure cooker disaster. i was trying to make dal and i think i added too much water. there was a loud noise and there was dal all over the kitchen :( just cleaned it up. cooking is the WORST. did u add the whistle?:cantstop: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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