October 24, 2005
Sehri from my bed
Why was I so cold? Was I still in the same country? I looked at my mobile and it said 4:00 a.m. Through my half-awake state I could hear someone on a loudspeaker speaking in Bangla. I understood that were saying that it was time to wake up and start eating. I gradually began to hear the smell of food and the sound of people. What seemed like a few minutes laterwas a warning that the time to stop eating was imminent. Finally, the call to prayer started at one mosque and then the more distant mosques followed in echoing murmurs. The daily fasting had begun.
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