In India, Hindus fast in Ramadan for growth and solidarity with Muslim friends It disciplines your body, makes you introspect and helps you build a habit, said one Hindu who participates in Ramadan s fasting and reflection. Indian Muslims arrive to break their day-long fast during Ramadan at Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Islam s holiest month of Ramadan is a period of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. (AP Photo /Mahesh Kumar A.)
May 11, 2021
MUMBAI (RNS) Shivaji Khairnar was nine in the early 1990s when riots erupted in his Mumbai neighborhood, claiming at least 900 lives. A Hindu, he was told not to play with Muslim children and saw firsthand the developing fissures between the two communities.
Every soldier is a farmer in uniform. Insulting protesters will hurt those at borders too
Farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and UP have sent their children to the Army for generations. But ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ has become just a rhetoric. Text Size:
Jawan is now at stake in India, because every soldier is a farmer in uniform.
Once the farmers’ protests moved to Delhi, a large number of military veterans joined them at the Singhu border. But the agony of being labeled as ‘Khalistan supporters’ and anti-national must have surely hurt their feelings. For the first time, Vijay Diwas, commemorating the 1971 war victory, was celebrated by veterans at Singhu on 16 December.