I had such a lovely lazy ramzan. I fear it would be the last of its kind. Since u dont get such luxuries once you start working sigh... But hey i ll worry about it once that happens. What i am sorta down about is the fact that no one is quite as fussed about ramzan or eid as they used to be or maybe as i get. I mean I was astonished to hear that almost no one around me, round my age, was fasting ... I find that strange I mean ppl my age had gotten over buying new stuff for eid years ago and thought it was just a fun day to sleep late and i had made my peace with it but people were still fasting.
My mom thinks Ramzan is now only for poor. I dont think thats entirely true. But i have definitely seen groups emerge. People who are very close to religion and they do fast. But fast emerging is a generation perhaps far too disillusioned by religion. Educated young men and women whose parents are very religious and so were they up till two years ago. Any such ppl i talked to were actually not happy about not fasting. They were even a little ashamed but they just sounded tired. No one could really put this in words but it was the general vibe.
I fear for us. I mean i have even noticed myself getting impatient with people using religion to manipulate and blackmail others. I avoid discussions on religion. I absolutely hate people who give you the *holier than thou* treatment just because they are wearing a hijab or have just emerged from the mosque after a jumma prayer. And i cant even begin to explain how i feel about the whole Talibanization thing and girls should not be educated etc etc... ( makes me far too angry to write anything sensible :))
But i dont want to lose the things i love and i still love my religion. I admit I am not the holy islam personified woman that can preach about religion but these were the things that were a part of us, our lives, our world and our country we made them ours. Ramzan here isnt like anywhere else in the world and our Eid get togthers arent exactly as per Islamic teachings but it was a cause for celebration and it brought joy. It was just fun to wake up (however late :)) and think hey its eid today.. and yaaay only 29 rozas this year. I just dont think we should lose that and make eid just another day and ramzan just another month. But perhaps i am just another sentimental fool.
I cant help it really. I love eid. I still feel excitement of chand Raat and want to hug and greet everyone :). Eid Mubarak to All ... Have fun.. its good for u according to a lot of scientific studies(links will be provided to non believers) lolz
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