A Ramzan like no other: Covid shadow on Muslim fasting month

With no large congregations in mosques, no 'iftar' parties and no late night shopping, it was said 2020 Ramzan was like no other in living memory. But as a second, deadlier Covid-19 wave ravages large parts of the country, Ramzan 2021 has rewritten even that pandemic norm.

The shadows over Ramzan are darker this time and the despair deeper, the scramble for oxygen, hospital beds and even a decent burial for their loved ones eclipsing the gloom that marked the fasting month last year. With no large congregations in mosques, no 'iftar' parties and no late night shopping, it was said 2020 Ramzan was like no other in living memory. But as a second, deadlier Covid-19 wave ravages large parts of the country, Ramzan 2021 has rewritten even that pandemic norm.