Nagpur: The glitter, glimmer, and delicious aromas that waft from various restaurants in Muslim dominated areas during Ramzan are losing some of their sheen and power as the devout are now taking the holy month of fasting in its letter and spirit. For scores of families, the 30-day fasting is all about internal cleansing of mind, body and soul or what is nowadays additionally called detoxification.
The month can be divided into three 10-day slots, says Heena Yasmin, HR manager along with Mahagenco. “The very first ten days are for cleansing of the body, the next ten for getting habituated to fasting during the day and eating at fixed hours. The final ten days are when the stored fat begins to break,” she explains. Fasting rests our digestive system and helps it recuperate from the atrocities we heap on it by consuming junk food and overeating throughout the year, she says.
“It is for this reason that we feel so rested, calm and peaceful during this month.” The fact that we programme our mind to think that we will not be eating the whole day promotes self-control. A lot of our time goes into prayers and asking for forgiveness that helps us introspect too. This cleanses our mind and soul,” she adds.
Fasting is not starvation. It means we eat in a balanced manner, feels homemaker Sadiya Siddiqui. “Our Prophet taught us about portion control more than 1400 years ago. We just have actually to adhere to that by not eating mindlessly and eating only what is healthy,” she says and adds rising levels of education and awareness in the Muslim community have actually led to people avoiding oily and heavy foods during Ramzan.
The right foods are always the earth grown greens, says Ghafoor Pariekh, a businessman and Islamic scholar. “Natural foods are healthy and so we have actually to eat more of fruit and raw vegetables in the form of salads,” says Pariekh and adds cooking is curtailed by nearly 50% in his residence during this…
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