In this festival season of sacred Eid-ul-fitr let us take a stroll around old Hyderabad on the surrounding of famous Charminar. You will find the area is over crowded with people trying to buy colourful bangles." Just look once, you need not pay to see" the words came from one enthusiastic seller.You look around, it is colour everywhere.May it be bangles or colourful 'churni' or it may be road side food plaza offering mouthwatering hot delicious "haleem",'phirni' or 'sewain'. People throng for purchase of pleasantries for their near and dear one, may it be colourful 'salwar' for daughter or a pair of shoe for the youngest son. Serially plates of fruits and sweets are seen in road side stalls inviting people to break their fast after day long 'roja'.
The same scene can be seen in streets of Lucknow like Akbar Ali road where ladies are seen trying new dress material inside trial room of clothes store,poor or rich whoever may be are entering in shop as per the their own choice and capacity to spend. It is seen in the commercial street of Bangalore, where generally rich and high net worth people are seen making beeline for purchasing gifts of their choice. Glittering malls and big stores are offering fabulous discounts to their customers and one cannot move properly inside commercial street due to crow of bumper to bumper Audi, BMW and Mercedes.Some smaller sedans are seen between the lines driven by people like us who cannot afford to buy all that glitters there.
Now let us leave commercial street and move to other places like Frazer Town ,Cox Town and Mosque road. Everywhere the picture is more or less same. Men are seen draped in designer scalp caps and ladies with most colourful 'hijab' of their choice. If we move to Shivajinagar, infantry road and adjoining area we will see mosques are decorated with colourful lights and after evening prayers maulavis are reading verses from holy Quran through audio system.
In the large mosque of Banerghatta Road a Mela type food festival has started from this year. With ample parking space this year Government has shifted the old food court of Fraser Town at this venue and people seem to be more happy.
If we move to Calcutta or Kolkata as you say you must visit the Mosque of Tipu Sultan. All small food outlets are seen selling different kind Bengali foods in the afternoon and people are busy in taking mouthwatering food after breaking their fast. Opposite side of the road old famous Muhammad Ali &Sons is busy in making delivery of best dress materials to aristocrats of the city of joy. Nearby New Market is glittering with lights all over and people are seen bargaining at their best for the dress materials of their choice. Same picture will be seen more or less in Jama Masjid area of New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai and many small tier two cities.Most interesting of all, these food court and small outlets are open up to 1 a. m. daily to cater the needs of customers in the season of colourful id-ul-fitr. HAPPY EID-UL-FITR TO ALL!!!!!!!
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