Sehri

Fact Check: No, Rahul Gandhi did not dine with Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, nor did Narendra Modi

Imagine Imran Khan enjoying a quiet dinner with his now-estranged wife, Reham Khan, triggering a political upheaval in India

Ramadan vs Ramzan: A linguistic difference between Arabic and Urdu, not meaning, has led to the festival's two names

The disparate uses of the terms Ramzan and Ramadan has in some cases been portrayed as an instance of linguistic bias and a corrosive byproduct of cultural nationalism. In reality, it is merely the differential usage of the letter 'zuad', which has the z sound in Urdu and d sound in Arabic, or 'duad'.

101 Traces: The last of Kolkata's singing Fakirs

The era of the singing fakir announcing the 'sehri' during Ramzan may be over. Where a decade ago, there were over 100 fakirs in Kolkata, today, Mohammed Sabbir is just one of the handful left. Waking at 1 AM every day during Ramzan, he wanders the streets, singing to wake people up for the sehri or morning prayer. These days, mosques also announce the morning prayer, rendering the fakir's job defunct. For generations, Mohammed Sabbir's family has performed this duty, not for money, but as a good deed.

London fire: Fasting Muslim residents observing Ramadan save sleeping neighbours

Muslim residents observing Ramadan have been hailed as heroes after they helped save many sleeping neighbours from the horrific Grenfell Tower fire.