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Is This The Way Of Eid's Celebration?

I still remember the last day of Ramazan when everyone was busy in Eid's preparation and waiting anxiously to see the moon. I was so happy when I heard the news that tomorrow will be Eid but unforseen my happiness turned into grief and anger when I heard the noise of firing in our area.People were expressing their joy by firing in the air.It happened first time on the occassion of Eid.

At that time I remebered the celebration of 20 20 world cup in the same way when Pakistan won. Next day I got to know that above 50 people have died because of this air firing but no news channel highlighted that news.They just showed the celebration of Pakistan's victory. Only few newspapers gave this news.So when I heard the air firing on "Chand Raat" I was so upset and thinking that we don't know how many people will die today.I want to ask, is this the way of celebration? People turn someone life into death and joy into sorrow.When they will think about this and will realize this? We have no answer.

A day in the life of Kenyan women

I feel really sorry when I think about the life of Kenyan women.There is no meaning of life for them.They face alot of obstacles in life.

Imagine if your main dream is to find work to get enough food to feed your children every day and if you don't find work you will be unable to feed your kids. It's really sad. Kenyan women's main objective or wish is not to provide clothes or fulfill other needs of their kids but they just dream of finding a job that gives them enough food for every day.What will be the life if you have to go out every day to find a job to feed your kids and your kids sleep hungry when you don't get work.

Kenyan women are very hard working. They get up before sun rising. After praying they start working from their home tasks.They and their children don't have any breakfast and with empty stomach they leave their home for searching jobs. Even their kids have to find some small jobs too, like sweeping warehouse floors, or carrying goods on their headsThey just have one meal in a day in the evening.They have very little to eat.They are happy when they get job to buy food. They feel sad when they don't find any work.They don't have any hope for better future becaus without food and money it isn't possible to have hope for better future.

In the evening they go back home, and sleep on the floor on a mat and cover themselves with their cloths. They don't have any time to rest except night.They have fear their kids will become street children and then bandits.They are scared for their health.They have to go far away to bring water and it's really very hard if you don't have any mean to carry the weight.

When we think all about this the question which comes in mind is, what is the meaning of life for those women who spend their whole day just in searching food for their kids and have fear in their minds whether they will be able to take food to home for their kids or not who are waiting for their mother with empty stomach.Is this a life?

When we talk about present digital age and on the other hand alot of people like these Kenyan women have been passing this kind of worse and painful life, its really very pethatic and unbelieveable that if we have all the facilities of life then why theyare deprived of even basic necessities of life? What is life for them? Will they ever haveany happiness in life? when this time will come that they won't have to leave their home every day for searching jobs to feed their kids? will they be able to live fearless and happy life?

Do we ever think about this?

Every year when Ramazan starts I have alot of questions in my mind. We all have been listening since our childhood that what is the object of fasting. Fasting helps us to develop self-restraint, self-purification, compassion, the spirit of caring and sharing,the love of humanity and the love of God.

When we talk about all these things, do we really care about it in Ramazan. The month of Ramazan is a blessing for us to realize these spirits and follow them to our whole life but what I observed we just talk about this but not really feel from depth of our heart. Fasting doesn't mean just starving whole day.Ramazan gives us a break and provides us with a rare opportunity to think about ourownselves but do we really think about ourselves?

I dont think so that any change comes in our behaviour in Ramazan rather than what I feel that during fasting usually people get more infuriated.They also don't refrain from lying. Some people don't offer pray even in Ramazan.They just observe fast and keep sleeping whole day and what about Taraveeh people just observe it seven days and leave the whole month Taraveeh. It's not right. People expend alot of money in Iftar Parties. We can give that money to someone who really deserve it and when the end of Ramazan comes we forget all the things and just get busy in Eid's preparation.Music is played in high volume in markets. One thing I still remember before three days of Eid when I was going somewhere I saw a huge poster of Indian movie out side the cinema. I really felt sorry at that time and I was thinking when we will care about all these things? When we will start thinking what is the meaning of fasting?