LUCKNOW: It is 3 in the morning. A pot of tea has slowly simmered, ready to be poured in three cups. Dates and rusk, bread and milk have been laid out neatly on the table and 27-year-old Sana Nasir and her parents—mother Najmi Nasir (52) and father Nasir Zain (60)—have all sat down together to have the morning meal called sehri, moments before they begin their almost 15-hour-long roza (fast) from dawn to dusk.
The family has not slept a wink prior to sehri. They have spent the night in vigil, worshipping Allah as the last nights of Ramzan said to be most sacred have dawned upon them. They have read the Quran, offered namaz and been involved in other religious and spiritual activities.
