Ramadan Mubarak 2015
The earliest memories of Ramadan are from a punishing summer. When the comfort of an air conditioned environment wasn’t there. Even coolers weren’t as available or affordable then. Where they were, the supplied power didn’t…
Minimal: Ramadan 2014/1435 Day 0
It’s the third year in a row this year. Food shoots chase me during this month like rizq chases a believer. The brief said a clean, minimal look. A single date against a white background…
A Missed Journey: Ramadan 2013 Day 28
Cushioned by the pillow and mattress, it took a while before the phone’s buzzing woke me up. It had gone silent by the time I reached out for it, and saw through a squinted half…
Full Power: Ramadan 2013 Day 27
If insomnia has to be induced, let it be for this night, and this night alone. Laylatul Qadr could be any of the odd nights in the final third of Ramadan — 21st, 23rd, 25th,…
Dates and Salaah: Ramadan 2013 Day 25
After two days of breaking the fast in a ‘non-Iftar-dastarkhwaan’ setup (first day of the shoot, and the Azaan alarm on the phone app went off as I was pressing the camera shutter, while on…
Bbyes and Signs: Ramadan 2013 Day 24
Last Friday already. Jum’atul Vida. Alvida Juma. The Farewell Friday. I still can’t believe how I missed it. That time when you realize how just those the criticality of those five minutes and of the…
Irony: Ramadan 2013 Day 23
Lightning never strikes the same place twice, but what about Irony? I wonder if there is a term for Irony striking the same way twice. It is one thing to abstain from food and drink,…
Endurance: Ramadan 2013 Day 20
Ramadan means many things. Ask anyone randomly, and naturally, most responses would have something to do with giving up food and drink during this month. Words like abstinence and self-restraint. Expressions which speak of the…
Hope: Ramadan 2013 Day 22
All that talk over the past couple of days about endurance and patience and keeping it all together. Who would’ve known that things would take a turn the way you want them to so soon,…