this is my 4th year in a Muslim country, and the 4th Ramadan...
today is the 4th day of the 4th Ramadan and i still haven't understood one simple thing -- how do people stay away from food and water for more than 12 hours and in this heat?
i fast one day a year (actually not even fast, since i do take food, but not rice and non-veg)... sometime in April... to pray for the good of my child... and i have to say that fasting is not my cup of tea...
i am a foodie, though i do not cook; i know how to, but hate to, except if i am trying out a new dish or i have called someone i really like... now all of these are very very rare... but i love to eat (no wonder my weighing machine has conked off)... and have no intention to diet... thus all the more reason why i just cannot fathom how one can fast for more than half a day, one month at a stretch...
during Ramadan, our (the non-fasting people) contribution is to attend as many Iftars as possible (by invitation), make justice to the food served (and it is delicious) and wonder even more how women who are fasting can churn out the delectable variety...
some things, as they say, is best shelved for the next life since i will not understand many of these things here and now...
for now, i will concentrate on all the Iftar invites and hog to glory...
Ramadan Kareem!
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its actually the same thing, once when our tender age widows, used to had their heads shaved and wear white clothes during their early youth.
Its actually the same thing when hundreds die in stampede in uttaranchal Naina Devi temple, but thousand more ignore, and follow the same path to the temple, next day
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