Meaning of Rooh Afza | Babel Free

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A brand name for a concentrated syrup, commonly diluted with water or milk to create a squash which is widely popular in South Asia; manufactured by the pharmaceutical companies Hamdard Laboratories (India), Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Pakistan, and Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh.

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““Extending Rooh Afza consumption beyond the summer months, the drink⟳ is being promoted as an additive to increase⟳ at-home sales,” says Arshad Siddiqui, chief marketing officer. ¶ The company, which was established as a small Unani clinic in 1906 in old Delhi, developed Rooh Afza a year later.”

“The Indian subcontinent has been drinking Rooh Afza for over a century.[…]Many South Asian desserts are flavoured with Rooh Afza, including kheer (a milky rice pudding) and falooda, which takes on a rose-coloured tint when its vermicelli and basil seeds are soaked overnight in Rooh Afza.”

“Hakim Abdul Majeed named this drink⟳ Rooh Afza – the soul refresher.[…]That in the decades to come⟳, Rooh Afza would travel⟳ far beyond the lanes of Old Delhi to 37 countries.[…]That moment in Times Square was a bold announcement: Hamdard had global aspirations for Rooh Afza.”

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