Tomorrow marks the beginning (for most Muslims) of the holy month of Ramadan. Considered sacred by Muslims primarily because it is the month in which the Quran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed, Ramada is also a time of austerity and self-discipline for Muslim people. Fasting from dawn to dusk in Ramadan is […]
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As a committed carnivore and dietary scoff-law, I love my butter chicken, rogan josh and vindaloo. And I love the fact that one can walk into any desi restaurant anywhere in the West and find one’s fix of these fulsome favourites. But it is quite tiresome that this all there seems to be to the […]
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