Pakistan 25: Rice to the Occasion

[Iamorton]

thanks for sharing this with us ...brings back memories

[addy2346]

Pakistan is soo beautifull

[nadeemazab]

Hej! nothing is enogh, deprived are outnumbered there in Pakistan.

[S5rTNrN3S6Tw6T5v]

Very sad time for poor kids and families out there very sad this video brought me tears very sad time for old and kids and families !! 1111

[S5rTNrN3S6Tw6T5v]

Pakistan is the best forever This video so nice giving poor food thats very nice of you ! 1111

[Mrjashnn7Aaya7Rerauf]

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[Mrjashnn7Aaya7Rerauf]

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[Mrjashnn7Aaya7Rerauf]

yasmin can i fuck ??

[4EverPakistani]

Pakistan is one of the largest producers of rice, wheat, milk, and other food but still theres so many hungry poor people in Pakistan. This is all our politicians' fault. With all the food that is produced in Pakistan, theres no reason for anyone to go hungry at night.

The sad part is when you go to Food street in Lahore you'll find people eating so much and wasting food then the poor hungry people like animals eat the leftovers that the rich people waste and throw away.

[only4lovya]

Hey you girl, would you please tell me little bit about that place please since I watch this video I can't eat anything after that.

I thank you in advance...

Kami

[oozeeman]

Kami its Data Sahab in lahore rich people come here and give some food to them in the name of Allah and then these people eat :( isnt it heart breaking specially the short the boy she gave in the end that was heart breaking do pray for these guys

[only4lovya]

Sir I thank you so very much for giving me the name of place. But the question is that kay sirif prayers say kaam tu nahie hoo ga, we have to try harder then that.

well between USA and England there is 1.7 million pakistan live there so think about it what about another countries! If they help buck a day believe me we never have to see this time after a while, every thing will change, no kid or poor pplzs standing on line.

May Allah put a soft part in their hearts

[oozeeman]

Oh yes its Pakistan lahore

[only4lovya]

Well uploaded, allow me to ask you that if I can have address or phone number so I can send some money like every week to my pplzs?

with hope not asking you a lot.

Thanks

Kami Ali

[MXDGMO]

EXCELLENT work -- it seems , you experienced real pakistan, please improve ur video quality.

[jmankoc]

I just love your videos! Now i really would love to visit pakistan. I'm going to India on february so maybe i'll pass the border from Amritsar... :)))

[frequentfiler]

Despite the poverty and hunger, did you notice that there was no pushing or shoving? These people have real dignity despite the cards that life has dealt them. Makes me remember when I was a kid and we were hungry...

[spanpinki]

Tramp

[spanpinki]

Being to Pakistan myself, one thing I found was the difficulty in finding positive things to say. I will say this that I never ever wish to go there ever again. It's just not kinda thing.

[nook3y]

...then my friend, I must say, you have never been to Pakistan.

No matter how circumstances are, we LIVE, to me my people have an iron will. You need to have an insightful eye to see all the positives.

[HamzaAbdullah99]

as-selam aleykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu to all the ummah out there! Allah bless and reward those muslims for feeding the poor needy muslim . This video made me cry. i am very good friend with a muslim brother studying in my country, he is from Pakistan. So i know from him poverty and hunger is something really affecting pakistani people. alhamdulilah good or bad all comes from Allah Subhan Wa`Tala , and inshaAllah things will be better. Allahu Akbar!

[hell026]

WHAT THE F - - -

Couldn,t you give any positive asspects of pakistan .i would doubt u as pakistani even if u bieng speaking URDU

[ihsanhaq602]

I realy enjoyed you video diary for vist to Pakistan you did a great job

[123wht123]

i dont think this is a sad video by any means there are hungry poor people everywhere in tthe world this video explains the fact that we the so called uncivilised people feel for our poor and hungry and try to help them out in wht ever way we can.

[usmansial786]

So saad for me ... no 'barf ki goli' in this video

[GalacticGenius101]

This video was very emotional, that boy made me feel how lucky i am, and how depressing his life is, i think that more supplies should come to Pakistan so people can give food to them. May Allah bless their souls. Thanks for this video, it was very touching!

[nodesorted]

sad part of my beloved homeland ! I hope we can get rid of poverty in next decade or So ....

[musamagn]

Data Sahib di nagri noo salam

[akpia55]

Guy servin's a bit of a gangster with his FUBU top

[Redsparklez]

its really depressing.. and the economic situation of pakistani is getting worse by day... the rich are getting richer while the poor just poorer... =(... this video really touched me... when even I go to Pakistan and give to the beggars.. its like the line never ends... and how much can a one person do... and its really heart breaking to tell people " thats it, nor more" ... =( May Allah bless our country and make it better for future

[riddler820]

You showed the real side of Pakistan in this video...

[jasleo4u]

this video really touched my heart, its short but the details that it captures go a long way, i belong from lahore n to see those innocent look on these people's faces tell saddening story... we must really keep on helping these people...

[Falahomer]

Dear Yasmin,

Miles We Walked From Home To Home And Lie Infront Saw The Difference, Yet Memories Left In Memories Alone As Miles We Walked From Home To Home... A Wave Of Hello To A Wave Of Goodbye...

This Video, this very video touched me in such a way that I felt where and why Your camera was going which way. You captured me in Your very "I Wish" presence which I can never explain...

[afaqsheikh78]

Touched!! Also I remember you mentioned about this boy later in your interview video.

I know you are a patriot and proud Pakistani at heart :) Great to see the lovely green flag that you have been holding in various clips.

With love from Pakistan,

Hasta La Próxima

Peace

[ghanirfan]

chore yaar. ab kahan wo din?

mazaakh na kiya kar itna , sehat kay liye acha nahi hota. roshni bijli say banti hay or bijli ka dooor door bulkay bohat door tak koi nishaan nahi aaj kal, na sirf karachi bulkay pooray mulk mein

well hope everything will become f9.

tu b kabhi kabhi dua maangh liya ker shaiyd teri dua hi kabool ho jaiye. ;)

[masoodpic]

ye jo loge aisi batain kertey hain ye asal me ameeron ya hram khoron ke bache hain.are baba pakistan me kaam milta kahan hai?

[ghanirfan]

offcourse majority of the ppl there are poor, as showing by this video, but in reality most of them al professionaly attain this activity, then dont want to work and just begging, so it does not make sense to include them within the real poor community of Pak.

[besserwiser]

ghanirfan, you mean they get paid to stand in the line just to get a handful of rice?

Hmmm... I wonder how much they earn?

[ghanirfan]

no man, i meant not this. but this that majority of these ppl dont like to work and just sit idle and get food in this way.

[musashikyo]

@ghanirfan because majority of these ppl dont get work...

[hani4bia]

c'mon man hav u been to lhr. Lahore is blessed by Allah Pak for the preacing of Data Sb. Ppl wil die in lahore for all the reason but they wil not die of hunger. Hunger makes u commit all the sins. n these ppl are just here to satisfy the hunger of there family and then themselves. Thats why they keep ask for more coz they hav family to feed. n talkin abt job i don't think u know the situations of job in Pak. So think before talk.

[ghanirfan]

in answer i would like to say just this,

I belongs to Lahore and just left since last 20 months and inshahllah will come back soon. about life condition in pak i think I have a look more than of u on the current situation.

[hani4bia]

but u still don't get me if u from lhr than u know better than nybody else.

[ghanirfan]

ya u r right, i could not pick u. will u like to explain in an easy way

[hani4bia]

just forget it.

[ghanirfan]

this is my Lahore, a teritory of Hazrat Data Ghanj Buksh. this might b the only land on the earth where no one can sleep with hunger.

offcourse everyone who use to eat distributed meals here composed not only of poor people but all those faithers who attended the tomb of Hazrat Data sahib.

me myself many time attended this mazar with my family, or alone and ate a lot as this is near my college Civil Lines. i Love me land, I love my people.

[saadhasan15]

dude i just hope u go for the sighseeing and not actually make dua on the mizaar as that is shirk and a lot of pakistanis are doing it nowadays when they shouldn't

[ghanirfan]

mian saad. i think u should first ask to which perpose i or we use to go on shrines. why u trying to categorise everyone in the same line? Alhamdulila, i know better about myself my dealings my faith than you. ok so next time not push ur comments directly, first try to understand others. this is trueth most of pakistanies and even in whole sub continents

[ghanirfan]

ppl who attend shrines are not expressing islamic ways while expressing their feelings and practice the shirk bz they hav no knowledge about their religion, they r muslim only by birth by name but not by knowledge not by practice

[saadhasan15]

sorry man...if i touched a nerve but i am glad u understand but u said u went there a lot with ur family and stuff alot so the wording is a bit sketch...any way sorry for offending u and hoped that the food was good....lahore is a pretty cool city..been there on vacation. its not better than Karachi though

[ghanirfan]

this is ok.

well on the last sentence i m totally disagree.

bz

nai reesa sheir Lore diya.

if u understand then ok otherwise concerne any punjabi person for translation.

well Have nice time

Allah HAfiz

[saadhasan15]

ha ha....sure i understand...good point leikin jugno karachi ki roshni kai sath jhoom tai hein.

[shaheerkhan12]

ive done a few times.. buyed a daigh for sum poor people...

[wiqasahmed]

by:alect22007

"Watching this video brought me tears"

so true

[pjanjua]

very nice of you, this video actually reminded me of when i was in Lahore, and i use to see this as well. and the fags need to get a freaking life, look at yourself before you comment on Pakistan. India has more people then the whole of Pakistan living under the poverty line, over 800 million live under rs 20 a day... so keep your mouth shut, or suck something if you can't help shutting it...

[alect22007]

Watching this video brought me tears

[omgitsdatbitch]

india isnt all dat either,da only thing indians no how to do is ask a stone for stuff,wtf? is that really gona happen after this im gona go outside n pray to it n ask for stuff n lets c if i get everything i want

[swaizi3000]

Pakistani are intelligents but Criminal, Pakistani are poor but very Generous, Pakistani are friendly buy no money for friends, Pakistani are weak but want to fight with India , Pakistan Zinda Baad .

[chutia2]

Fight - why??

[CarlaSun2001]

Makes me want to buy rice for everybody....

[CherryCola330]

Wah! Kya baat hai.

[shizadi1989]

Pakistan is a beautiful country! Despite poverty, there is a different kind of beauty. You have to look past the surface of typical beauty to see it.

[HezbollahLadySahura]

pakistan is not a beautiful country

i see its a country with proverty

i wish them an better live

shit bush shit USA

[muslimcouple]

on weddings or funerals the rich and middle class families feed thousands of people. on my brothers wedding the whole town was invited about 3 thousand people for lunch(3 bulls and 5 goats were sluaghtered) and then the poor were given some extra to take home for dinner... i love pakistan for this culture.

[alpecinoooo]

This Milllivideo and some others are indian cowpee drinker,subhuman,1 inch dicks.

They show themsleves as muhajir,punjabi,pathan and sindhi at different places and try to creat misunderstanding among us.

beaware of these creatures.

We are one united nation.

you shitty subhumans now go and drink some cowpee "the indian beer" and then worship your penis god "shivaling"

hahahahahah

[hellophoenix]

You brought tears to my eyes. The way the music played and the way the camera moved to the old man and then it focused on the boy who had that frozen look on his face and managed to give a small smile at the end captured the ugly face of poverty.. May Allah bless your father for this

[khummy2002]

i am all sad.

[GILLANI65]

AH... i ve been to this place for the same reason and i really know the misery of of people there. it is still a little help anyway. life still goes on ....

[pkpakhtun]

only if we can concentrate on these good things, inshalalh we can make our country much better.

ws

[babulahori222]

May Allah give reward to your family.There was a common knowledge in Lahore that if someone is hungry or poor,they can always get food at DATA Sahib.

Felt bad for the old guy at the back,but that tells us there is lot to be done.

Good job again,thanks.

[masudk]

My heart aches when I look at the poor people, especially old ones or kids :( great video again

[hamza1991]

Oh man that vid has made me hungry. And by the way meetah chawal is called ZARDA! nice vid btw Yasmin

[whattheheck12]

one word ... capitalism ....

[tariq770]

so much poverty,and law violence when u told people that come in line no body will listen to u.

[Disaster85]

omg those sweet yellow rice...i got hungry after seeing this vid! I love meeteh chawal!!!! I gotta ask mommy 2 make some 2day! great vid....it became very emotional cause of the music...jeez u got me all cryin n stuff....where's my tissue! lol...nice work Yas!

[discopunjabi]

I wonder if you went inside the DARBAR if not you should have .....

Its a Great place ..

I LOVE LAHORE AND I MISS IT ALOT..

[discopunjabi]

Hey lemme give you some more info abut this area in Lahore...

Place is called " DATA DARBAR" and Lahore is also called as " Data ke nagri" You know why ? Because HE is responsible for converting most of the people from hinduism to muslim in that region...And its not just rice you can give away at this place Roti ,Daal, Halwa anything you can afford to give to hungry or needy people...And Its called LANGAAR and its open for every one.

[lilflipp3rr]

Yeah the old man that comes at 3:10 mins face is unbearable. We pay taxes for wars and bs ass highways when our people Suffer in pain and missery. So called world. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!! May allah bring these people risk. Ameen

[mumtazia]

Seeing the Old mans face @3.10 sigh -- brought a tear to my eye

May Allah give them peace..Ameen

[nasir22]

he will defanitly get the food bcz he is in Data ki Nagri no body sleep hungry if he is in this place even every body can get the food any time. this is called lahore Data Ki nagri...

[jikki90]

wow, actually quite a powerful video.

Well put-together.

I'm impressed (again!).

Thanks for sharing,

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[abb228]

phoodeelena, that guy is called Khalid and he has my respect and admiration because he is dedicated to helping needy people (I'm sure he sleeps well at night). You on the contrary are making a total ass of yourself wandering around insulting people for no reason - in my eyes, the people standing in the line have a million times more dignity than you. They have no money, but you are poor in spirit. God have mercy on you cause your life must be hell morning till night.

[sunilumar]

great good music the from am beau

[ronin020]

hey! the video was very touchy good job filming from the car the kids shot was really nice. Over all good work. Wish you were here In NY. May would have ask you to join me in a project' Any waz you never know! be good.

[Mirayou]

1 of my favorite vidz!

[adeeltajammul]

This is a wonderful part of our culture ... one should visit Makkah and Madina in Ramadan .. you will find even bigger version of this.

[AsifBok]

Someone asked for the Google coordinates of Cuckoo's Den (restaurant), so I thought we may as well have the ones for Data Deg too.

"Data Deg" lat=31.5785757009, lon=74.3059327484

[TheTeagazr]

I am deeply touched by this. I hate to see anyone hungry. Thanks for sharing: And keep up the good work.

[iamdegenatron]

MMM student BIRYANI!!

[ukidding]

pakistan has no religious freedom including the right to be religion free.

[enileo]

the last few min of the video were quite touching made especially so by the very nice music selected 2 reflect the situation.especially the young boy who kept looking n waiting n waved at the end.

[enileo]

lmao @ 'maxgraff' !!! =D

[Leyte6519]

Thanks for sharing this video. It is so sad to see so much poverty and hunger in this world. God bless all of them.

[Coronaman123]

Thanks for sharing such a nice video, my thoughts are echoed by many here, truely moving. Thanks again

[maxgraff]

i wanna try doing this on the streets of manhattan may be cook some oats and corn flakes and feed the poor stock brokers.

[zooboo27]

wow great vid i love the whole rice thing so true keep it up!

[lopezfamilymail]

Incredibly moving.

[sephorahgore]

visited Lahore in august last year fer 2 days...was fun but SOOO crowded....n food court ROX! :D

[waziz]

nice video/// reflects the true lahory style.

n dose rice from dataa darbar are just amazing.

one can find dat food only from darbars n dere is no comparison to it.

missing it a lot :(((

[mfahad]

Rice are cooked in big pots called 'DAIG' and its bought by people who want to give charity or food to poor. The place shown is next data darbar bhaatee gate lahore. MY love, love lahore.

[andrainawyong]

people need to upload more clips like this. I prefer funnier stuff myself, check out dolphinhump. lostfrog . com , I laughed so hard I got kicked out of class! haha.

[frequentfiler]

Sounds like a good idea to me. The charity gets directly to those that need it.

[taz412]

your videos are starting to take on quite an artsy/humaney feel esp. on this occasion with the music and focusing on the ppl. keep it up.

[donsrk]

next to ladin was bush too.

[Ryanvia555]

i saw bin laden!

[pk1lebgirl87]

yeah i dont think its zarda...i think they've just added the color

[dindunundun]

We all need to find ways to do similar things in our communities all around the world. Well done

[FondleMyNuts]

do you think it would be the same in new york if you buy everyone big macs?

[besserwiser]

Mr. Fondle,

Sure you could do that in NY! As Mr. dindunundun rightly says, everyone should be more generous.

The difference is that for the price of one Big Mac in NY, you can buy at least two pots of rice and feed 20 people in Lahore. We can all cosider ourselves to be on the "giving end".

[frequentfiler]

sometimes here in Seattle, if I buy fast food downtown, I'll xtra burgers and give them out. I think it works...

[basitjee]

Vand Khao, Khand Khao

[stoneDesi]

FUBU fleece? lol

[hollywoodslut]

Aww..what a sweet thing to do!! (why is the rice yellow?

[GeoPakistani]

yellow rice are sweet and called ZARDA, Also used as sweet dish in Pakistan.

[pk1lebgirl87]

is the rice zarda or did they put haldi to give the rice some taste??? wouldn't it cost them considerably more to make zarda?? just askin..but if its zarda..yum yum...hand me sum!!!

[wldflower2003]

its the spices they cook with it, I think its saffron thats yellow

[eviltizi]

haha.. you buy rice for them.. and they end up blocking the road and begging for money.. lol.. way to go data darbar ppl.. lol

[jordanlook]

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[Hallx]

Good capturing and background music as usual. But IMHO, if video had english translation or subtitles, it would be better. The theme of first videos was an introduction of paksitan from external point of view, especially from a pakistani expatriate and thats why I am recommending this series to my non-pakistani friends here as it would be easier for them to grasp the culture. In that context, this video needs some more explanation which can be added as subtitles or descriptions.

my 2 paisa ;)

[pk1lebgirl87]

hey thanks for accepting my video :)

[Mirayou]

i want 2 go 2 that same place and do the same thing. dis film is v touching. nice title too!

[kirunkmir]

Data Darbaar :o),RIGHT?...we used to visit with our grandma..WONDERFUL VIDEO :O)...

[salllik]

wish that every rich man in pakistan could do the same, and just to help not to earn any respect or any other nessary.,

[Mancunian786]

it allmost brings a tear to my eye.

[aythink]

The title says it all!

We all need to reflect on how we can be more generous with each other.

Great work Yasmin.

[32shahid]

your videos are quite good, but I miss your interesting comments on your last few videos.

[xfarishtax]

wow once again great work. I Think it's good what you guys did there for them Masha'Allah. I think with your video's u really inspired a lot of ppl to do the same thing.

[alijavaid1]

2 words:- simply amazing

[sweetwish1988]

really touching video! gr8 work!

[Buggman]

Maybe it's just selfish, old me, but that does look as though it could be quite dangerous.. It only takes one crazed/starved/desperate person to start a riot there in the street... Fortunately, nothing like that happened this time.

[pk1lebgirl87]

i agree with yahqurban that ur vid's were gettin really boring but u've just made a really nice one..its so sad to realize that the poor will always help the poor...giving free food...mashallah that is so great...why can't ppl like us who are alhamdulilah so fortunate help them? this video has really inspired me...

[Nikamma]

This is the most Impressive piece of work from you. The Look on that boy's face for last minute or so made me realize how hard life is for some people, how much blessed we are all and how un thankful..

Yasmeen you are the man, you are something special and u know how to catch the moment.

[sobzi]

omg did i see a lady fall? and who was that boi u were filming for soo long. lolz. thats gud u did that lunger for the poor people.

[bhaiyagi]

I am sad to see so much poverty and helplessness. I know these conditions exist and I don't think they will improve any time soon in Pakistan. It is not that there is a shortage of money. There is plenty of it but it is confined to a small set of privileged few.

[me3]

We live in the USA considered the most richest nation in the world and you have poverty here as well, there should be not poverty here but there is and it is climbing at an alarming rate.Pakistan is still a developing country...and yes there are privileged few...when there should many...like the USA!!

[ha5h]

such act is

also called "Lung-er" in local lingo

[yahqurban]

Your videos were getting boring but you`ve just made them interesting again.

[CompanionableIlls]

That's such a wonderful thing to do. This video made me cry. I'll definately be doing that this year.

[AikChameleon]

Was this outside DathaSaab? Was last there in October '06, lovely place!

[whassan84]

feeling sad for the people in the video, good music in the end, and a good job