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Faim Patel
Jul 13th, 8:37pm
Dear Mr. Katju,
Referring to your plea to have Roza one day by non Muslim. Want to share one fact of my village. My friend is Hindu his grandmother used to fast for Ramadan that too for a whole month. I remember one day Shivaratri and Roza on same day. That day in the morning and evening she had food that allowed for Shivaratri. The other side of story, in my Village Holi burn in front my house despite being a Muslim. Whenever there is urs it begins from Hanuman temple. When I was a kid never felt insecure as Muslim with all Hindu friends. My closest friend is Brahmin, and I used to eat at his home daily. Still we all are very good friend he don't mind if I order nonveg for me though he never eat it but do share table with me. Sometimes himself he arrange for party with nonveg but never eat that.
Though things are bit same in village but there was some differences as well few years back and no need to mention it's because of Politics. Still more than 90% friends are Hindu. We are very comfirtable, we discuss even religion openly. But one thing what I observed is trust among communities is deteriorating. If this is not stopped soon it will destroy our country. When I got a job offer from Singapore after my studies I refused, and chose to stay back. After 10 years things so changed, now I am going to Singapore happily for a job. Think of never coming back, but still my village my town my country will be forever in my heart. Sad part is that it's no more the same before 15 years. Country is paying someone's greed and ambitions.
