Re: [nukkad] Fwd: Fw: CHANDI NO VARAKH.......... Vegetarians pl. read this

I am sure this is yet another email hoax.
Venu

On 3/19/08, Rohit Mansukhlal  wrote:
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> Subject: CHANDI NO VARAKH.......... Vegetarians pl. read this
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> couple of years ago, Indian Airlines, the domestic
> air-carrier of India had issued instructions to its
> suppliers to supply sweet without silverfoil called
> VARAKH.
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> Do you know why?
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> Silver is widely used for various purposes in the
> market today.  Silver is considered precious and its
> utility is enormous. The reason behind this is that
> silver reflects back 95% of the light energy that
> falls on it. The silver foils used for edible purposes
> is called VARAKH So what's so special about VARAKH?
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> This is what I would like to bring to your notice.
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> If you keenly observe this VARAKH under a microscope
> don't be perturbed if you happen to see traces of
> blood, stools and saliva of a cattle or ox.
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> VARAKH is a silver foil and we have no second
> questions on this, but to prepare this VARAKH
> important parts of the CATTLE/OX is made use
> of.
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> Intestines of Cattle/OX are obtained from the
> slaughterhouse. This is obtained after butchering to
> death the cattle/ox for beef and the part, which
> cannot be consumed: the intestines are pulled out of
> the animal and handed over to the manufacturers of
> VARAKH. Before handing over the intestines, they are
> washed in the slaughterhouse to get rid of the blood
> and other remains on these intestines in the limited
> facility that is present in the slaughterhouse. We are
> not sure how neatly this job is carried out.
> Intestines are cut into small pieces and then are
> bound together as pages in a notebook.
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> A silver block is placed in the middle of these bound
> intestines,and the whole thing is placed in a leather
> bag and sealed. Experts,who know how to make VARAKH,
> pound the bag with wooden sticks, till the entire bag
> flattens out. The silver block would by this time be
> turned into silver foil. This Silver foil would now be
> separated from the intestine pack and will be placed
> on paper.
>
> This is VARAKH, which reaches the market ready for
> use. Even staunch vegetarians, who shy away from egg,
> unknowingly consume this as a part of sweet, pan and
> arecanut. Some unknowingly consume this because of
> the additional taste that VARAKH provides.
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> Now the question is "Why the intestines of the
> cattle/ox? Why not something else?" The reason behind
> using the intestines of the cattle/ox for preparing
> the VARAKH is because of the elasticity of the
> intestines. They do not get cut even after a severe
> pounding.
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> This aspect is brought out in the magazine "Beauty
> without cruelty" and the Television show of Maneka
> Gandhi, "Heads and Tails". In India, on an average an
> estimate indicates that 2,75,000 kilos of "VARAKH" is
> consumed. Can you estimate how many cattle/ox are
> sacrificed for just a bit of taste?
> If you are surprised as I am, after reading this
> article please inform as many as possible so as to
> ensure that we unknowingly don't consume beef.
>
> Hey keep in touch....
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