The three -letter Festival -- shishh...

A lot of articles have amused me over the years, but i have read nothing more rubbish than what Rishad wrote in the Oct (2-8) edition of the Review, published by the dawn every week. His article 'the three letter festival' in my opinion is absolutely ridiculous. He starts of by saying, that eid is back to haunt us? Sir, a lot of Muslims around the world including me actually wait for this day to come, not because we meet our relatives and get eidii.., but because of the joy after fasting through Ramadan, now I believe you would not know that, would you?. Eid is a colorful celebration, and this can be seen in every Muslim country around the world. In your article, you have discussed your personal schedule of eid day, by sleeping the whole day, meeting your un wanted relatives, snatching on eidee, bearing annoying neighbours, and watching television. But do you really think that every Muslim around the world has the same schedule as yours, do you really think they spend the day as similar to the way you spend? Yes, I do agree that Eid is an economic burden to the poor, but then again which festival is not? diwali, Christmas, Chinese new year...? .. and Eid Sir is not to blame for this...but other things aree...