An iftar with friends

about 2 months ago

Greetings!
It's Ramadan going on here. Everyone is fasting around me and the overall environment is changed. I am talking about the environment of humans. Everyone is giving much more respect, more love, more blessings, and much more. Everything is coming in abundance, wether it's smile or it's praying.

I love the closeness of people that Ramadan brings. It's a month in which we, almost, all fast together and pray, eat together after having fasting. The feeling of togetherness is so special to Ramadan that is second to none. In this month, i see gathering of friends, family and starngers sitting together and eating together. This fasting isn't just related to hungry stomach. If you consider that Ramadan is just about Fasting.... then, no it's not. It's fasting of your eyes, your hands and your feet, even everything. You have to keep everything pure. If you see something bad, then there is no meaning to keep yourself hungry.

Yesterday, I attended class and after class, we, mates, clicked some picture together to keep these moments as cherishable memories. I always try to catch every other moment and live it. During these days, many students are taking off from classes because of fasting but i prefer to catch the classes otherwise, i feel bored in room.

We walked to the department of Earth Sciences. It was random walk to kill the time but it ended up on ludo games. My one mate, Mehran, took ludo from the student room and we all sat in the ground.

We played two times and it was one win for my pair and one lost. Well, to be honest, they were all talking in Pashto, which is an alien language to me. I was trying very hard to understand them by their tones and expressions. Their communication was making me curious, but i tried hard to fake my face look neutral. You know, i want to make them real friends but there are so many barriers that come across. It feels like these friendships are more like oil and water. No matter how much you mix these two things but they will not sit well.

After packing ludo and having some good laughs on failure and win, I took everyone in frame. Then, we departed to our own ways. Other went to their hostels but i stood infront of girls hostel and i was waiting for my friends to come.

My friends took much time in coming out of hostel, in the meantime, i offered pray and walked around. I called Basit. He came to me and we bought food items for Iftar. On the other side, girls came out of hostel and they were waiting for us but we were busy in buying samosas, pakoras and other edible things for iftar. After buying every possible thing, we all joined together at a point and walked towards the ground where we could sit and have iftar.

We sat there in the ground and set everything well in the plates. Azaan( prayer call) was not yet arise. During this time, we all prayed and wished in our hearts to Allah Almighty. As soon as we listened to Azaan, we ate dates and completed fast.