It also tells me that the most popular pages during these increased visits include Bakra Mubarak(?), Bakray Mubarak!, and The Bakra Comic (along with some bubbles).

To all those people, then, who are coming here looking for “yo bakra”, “pic of cute bakras”, “bakra fun”, “bakra and Qasai urdu poetry”, or (this is still to be beaten) “pics of beautiful cows in mandi”: I hope you are not disappointed.

And Eid Mubarak, by the way.

Have fun, everyone. Please feel free to post some qasai and bakra poetry in the comments.

Yep. Above is the picture of a keyboard.

And yep, this keyboard is wishing you a very happy Eid.

Have fun everyone.

Now this is what a bakra should look like.

Or at least, this is what a bakra who knows what’s going to happen to him should look like.

Or even if a bakra is happy about his fate, he should permanently adopt this look, if only to keep the “innocent” kids (who like to treat these poor animals like soulless robots) 10 steps away from him. God knows how much these goats and cows swear at us while we make them perform all sorts of gymnastics.

Anyway…

Eid Mubarak, everyone. As always, enjoy the spirit of sacrifice; and enjoy the tikkas as well.

(Photo credit: Céline Mackowiak at stock.xcnhg)

P.S. I wish I had found this picture last year while creating The Bakra Comic.

I went to bed early last night with a roza in my mind. I wake up this morning to see my cell phone blaring with Eid Mubarak text messages.

Apparently, the moon made a special (but late) guest appearance while I was asleep.

Anyway, I couldn’t get my creative mind working on this Eid (calling my mind creative might be an overstatement, by the way), so I am not coming up with a proper Eid card. But a bubbly family is at least something, even if their kid is whining for Eidi.

Have a great Eid everyone. Enjoy your sheer khormas.

And, as always, send some love this way. Eidis, I mean.

(Image credit: Cecile Graat on stock.xchng.)

Photo credits:

• no bull by Ann Sam
• Boer Goat Kid by goatgirl
• Mountain Goat by T. Filewich
• Big Horn Sheep by T. Filewich
• Bovine Caricature by Craig Jewell
• Curious Cows 1 by Michael Ring
• .| Cammel |. by Rodolfo Clix

What does a silk daisy on a red background has to do with Eid?

Actually, nothing. But the red in this photo is so gorgeously bright and energetic—and since Eid is all about being bright and energetic—I thought that that would make a good Eid image. Also, at least for me, the photo is quite cheerful, and on Eid we ought to be cheerful.

(I do hope, however, that the red does not remind people of Tapal danedar. Gasp!)

Anyway, it’s Eid time, people. And Eid is too precious an occasion to waste by thinking about a white daisy on red, or about Tapal danedar, or whatever. Go and have some fun: Poke your elders for Eidi; stuff your stomachs with sheer khorma; call your friends; send nasty text messages like “eid ayee zamanay mein, <recipient’s name> gir parra/parri ghusal-khanay mein“… you get the idea!

And do send some Eidi this way!

Eid Mubarak!

P.S. While you’re having fun, check this out as well.

(Photo Credit: Marja Flick-Buijs on stock.xchng)

And here we are again, this time with my Eid-ul-Azha masterpiece!

This cute little bakra managed to grab my attention the moment I saw him. And no, I didn’t see him in the local bakra mandi, but on a stock photography website. (The info provided there by the photographer tells that this goat belongs to Belgium.)

Anyway, I hope that all of you enjoy the spirit of sacrifice. And I hope that you enjoy the tikkas as well.

Eid Mubarak!

P.S. Anyone care to spend the next Eid in Belgium? I have a feeling that this bakra would still be alive till then.

(Photo Credit: Marieke Kuijpers on stock.xchng)

By the way, do tell me that this flower rocks. I found it on a stock photography website at the time when, oddly enough, I was thinking of designing an Eid card with cakes as the main design element. I still don’t know why I didn’t think of apples instead.

So here it is, everybody. My Eid-masterpiece.

And do have a great Eid!

P.S. As always, Eidis are accepted here.

“It has been a great experience for me,” Saadat told this evening. “Although I had to switch my mode over occasionally due to un-avoidable interrupts, yet my war mode helped me a lot in facing the enemy troops.”

While answering a question about whether or not his goals were achieved, he said, “I would not call myself completely successful. There were many problems faced by me and my companions, both in and outside of the battlefield. As I said that I had to change my mode occasionally, so naturally there were some drawbacks. I couldn’t manage to end the war as I had planned to, but I surely made this end a satisfactory one.”

There have also been rumours about peace talks between Saadat and his studies. When inquired about them, he answered, “Yes, it is time to end the war. We are having our first phase of talks in the form of final exams. The continuation of peace talks depends wholly upon the result of this phase.”

Saadat has also greeted his visitors a very happy Eid-ul-Adha.

“Eid Mubarak, rather Bakray Mubarak!” Saadat exclaimed. “May you all have a wonderful Eid!”