A few people I know - colleagues, friends, colleagues AND friends are fasting through the month of Ramzan as is expected by their religious credo and have hence experienced a shift in their eating habits by gorging food like crazy if they can during the time between sun-down and sun-rise and not having any grub at other times ( Read more... )

Allah Ke Bande is a song by Kailash Kher from the movie Waisa Bhi Hota hai. The first time I heard that song was on the radio when I was travelling on the office bus, towards the office, trying to sustain a morning conversation with someone, and talking arbit stuff in general.

As soon as I heard the chorus of the song - Allah ke bande hasde, and ( Read more... )

Religion to me is very personal, and my transactions with the almighty don't depend necessarily on the holiness of the place, as much as they depend on how much peace I derive while being there ( Read more... )