Indian Railways Shatabdi Express Serves Iftar To Muslim Man, Tweet Goes Viral

Amid tensions in a few parts of the country over Hijab and loudspeaker row, Indian Railways Train Shatabdi Express has recently served Iftar to a Muslim man onboard.

Iftar, also known as futoor, is the evening meal with which Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset. They break their fast at the time of the call to prayer (adhan) for the evening prayer. This is their second meal of the day; the daily fast during Ramadan begins immediately after the pre-dawn meal of suhur and continues during the daylight hours, ending with sunset with the evening meal of iftar.

Ramadan (also spelled Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), prayer, reflection, and community. A commemoration of Muhammad’s first revelation, the annual observance of Ramadan is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam and lasts twenty-nine to thirty days, from one sighting of the crescent moon to the next.

The Indian Railways has won the hearts of people on social media with its act of communal harmony after the said traveler named Shahnawaz Akhtar shared details of how he was served Iftar on the train.

“Thank you Indian Railways for the Iftar. As soon as I boarded Howrah Shatabdi at Dhanbad, I got my snacks. I requested the pantry man to bring tea little late as I am fasting. He confirmed by asking, aap roza hai? I nodded in yes. Later someone else came with Iftar (sic),” Twitter user Shahnawaz Akhtar wrote in the caption along with an image of his meal.

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Since being uploaded, the image has managed to gather 2,300+ Retweets, 330+ Quote Tweets, and 24K+ Likes.

“Indian Railways is my second most favourite thing about India,” wrote a user.

“Great @IRCTCofficial. Keep it up. Please do the same on #Ekadasi … several Indians do fasting for 24hrs. Today is Ekadasi,” wrote another with a tinge of communalism.