Do we know Ramadan at all?

We all know about Muslim's fasting for the holy month of Ramadan, but have we paused to understand its deep rooted meaning? Or do we discount it as a mere Religious Gesture?

This is my third Ramadan in Kuwait, and I have now come to truly feel what it actually means, its more than penence and austerity.

I came across a website that posted Ramdan postcards, and this is what I saw, so real; definifing the meaning of Ramadan so candidly!

May we all have a blessed one.

Fathomless

I have never been able to come to terms ever with what designs God has for you, some call it luck or destiny, I call it HIS planning. Sometimes it feels like these puzzle pieces that fit remarkable well into the whole puzzle of life really soon and sometimes it takes a while to have the pieces fit it, slight tempering that may be required to get them into that ‘set’ frame I guess.

To add to the dilemma of the puzzle pieces, God tests you if you are able to decide on the exact right piece that u need to put into your life puzzle!! He gives you couple of options and keeps on juggling with you and them, repeatedly putting you in funny situations and more so on grim crossroads!

Some may fit ‘just’ right and you never regret them and sometimes you look back and think if you would have had picked the others. What makes us take decisions that we do? Do we react exactly the way God wanted us to, or do we call it our rationalized thinking and execution? What happens when the decisions are made in split seconds, and we have no time to think, do we call it Gut or reflex action or what?

Is there a sign hidden in all that is happening around us and how do we pick them up?

Is there someone above us who steers us or do we credit it to our ingenious minds?

I gaze, I fail to fathom.

My mini school reunion

This year I decided to catch up with my old mates from school, I think there is this general trend in India that people show off their time (ill) management. Though we were a good number of friends who met up but ironically all of us were based out of hometown and all the people who were in the city were missing!!

I would not deny that we had company of few genuine friends living in the city but rest of them showed off as ‘these’ V.V.I.Ps who had done us a favour by taking out a few moments from their busy agenda; some did not even return the invite informing that they would not make it!

Lucknow, the city that I am talking about can be mapped in span of an hour, and to have fun in that city you don’t have to take out a chunk of your time as everything is at a convenient stone throw distance. Such a shame of not being able to be a part of a get together with friends who you would meet after bloody 8 long years!!!

Anyway all said and done, we were about 10 of us who had this great time and it seemed as if time had not flown at all, just that we all grew up suddenly and had gotten busy with work, family and off course put on a few extra pounds. I would bet any day on my friendship with these guys, they all feel so much a part of me, because believe it or not, we spent 8 hours of our precious day time in school; studying, fighting, gossiping with these guys!!

As one grows up and time passes by, you grow to understand people with a very neutral non judgmental perspective, without any boundaries! For all that we all shared, reminisced, it felt so wonderful!!

And as I say to all who couldn’t make it, let’s make it another time!!