195,564 items / 1,596,070 views
The quintessential Ramzan element , the Awakener...
His job is to wake up people by shouting out Hoshiyar , Utho Roza Rakho
Wake up begin your fast.
And his life is a tough one a stick in hand to drive away barking biting dogs and a small torch in hand he moves from lane to lane from one Bandra slum into the other , this is his target audience , tired people fast asleep, whom he wakes knocking at the doors of their shanties..
He does his own sairi at the end with a date and some water near Lucky hotel or a cup of tea and whatever he is offered by people who now adults remember him when they kept their roza..and his selfless contribution to Muslim society.
On Thursdays he and others like him come in the evening to collect the Baksheesh for this sublime work of God .
And my wife is in the kitchen preparing the Sairi..for me and both my sons..
And even without a camera I can blog and bring to you the bounty of Ramzan by merely fast forwarding or changing the EXIF data of an old picture from my earlier Ramzan sets I shot religiously every year to share my world and the piety of the Muslim man..
No Shia Sunni just a Muslim Man uncorrupted by the harsh strokes of a sectarian divide.
And she placed a plate with two chapati stuffed rolls ..and a glass of chilled lassi..but what I will love is my first and last mug of black tea..
And as I eat I remember my dead parents on a day like this they appear alive to me bringing back and forth memories of my roza with them....what they gave me I am passing on to my children their divine love for Allah and his creation .. His Mercy His Bounty His Generosity..
I skipped my diabetes medicine for today to let my body adjust to a new metabolism based on Faith..
I am astounded when the non Muslim thinks we gorge both at sairi and at Iftar , its just not possible , Iftar the stomach muscles are so dry that even food intake is difficult.. this is my personal experience.. our house is somber as both my grand daughters are not well adding to the anxiety of our lives but Allah provides .. he takes care of us giving us good moments good friends and good hopeful memories ..
माहे रमजान मुबारक, दुवा मे याद रखियेगा जी !
Loading contexts...