My First Fast of Ramzan, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

My wife and I are both severe diabetics, but we have religiously kept roza or the Ramzan fast, since many years.
My wife gets up at 3 am to make the chappatis piping hot, serves us our meal clled Sairi.

Its a frugal meal as you can see in the picture.

I drink some water and my first and last cup of black tea.

The finest month of spiritual introspection an religious piety is Ramzan or Ramadhan.

I can hear the shrill voices of the Awakeners waking the Muslims to get ready for the fast, I shall shoot them one of these days but today a few minutes back I shot my wife making the chapattis.

No cliche Islamic images for me..

Just a reality called Ramzan..

A month that reins us in our values and brings us closer to our Maker.

Posted by photographerno1 on 01 Sep 2008
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