Close X
Monday, January 27, 2025
ADVT 
International

WATCH: Sikh Man's Video Waking Up Muslim Neighbours For Sehri Goes Viral

Darpan News Desk IANS, 28 May, 2018 01:06 PM
    A video clip has gone viral in which an unidentified elderly Sikh man seems to have taken the responsibility of waking up his Muslim neighbours in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district for Sehri - pre-dawn Ramzan meal.
     
    The 21-second video clip, showing the man beating the drum to wake up his neighbours, is being widely shared on various social media platforms here.
     
    "Allah Rasool de pyaaro, jannat de talabgaro, utho roza rakho (The beloved of Allah and his messenger, the seekers of paradise, wake up to start your fast)," the unidentified Sikh man shouts.
     

    A Sikh brother taking responsibility of awakening his muslim brothers for sehri in Tral Kashmir

    Posted by Global Kashmir on Monday, 28 May 2018
     
    Many of the netizens lauded the Sikh man, saying he embodied the communal harmony that has existed in Kashmir for centuries.
     
    'Seharkhwaan' is the term used for the drum beaters who go around a locality to wake up its residents for the pre-dawn meal before start of dawn-to-dusk fast during Ramzan.
     
    This task is normally taken up by one of the Muslims from the locality but members from minority community doing it is rare but not new.

    MORE International ARTICLES

    WATCH: India Demolishes Pakistan PM's Speech At UN, Calls It 'Terroristan'

    WATCH: India Demolishes Pakistan PM's Speech At UN, Calls It 'Terroristan'
    In a sharp escalation of its attack, India slammed Pakistan at the UN for its support to terrorism, calling it "terroristan".

    WATCH: India Demolishes Pakistan PM's Speech At UN, Calls It 'Terroristan'

    Dawood Ibrahim In Pakistan, Brother Iqbal Tells Thane Cops

    Fugitive mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar wants to return to India and is negotiating a settlement with the BJP-led government at the Centre, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray said here on Thursday.

    Dawood Ibrahim In Pakistan, Brother Iqbal Tells Thane Cops

    Historic India Club In London Fights For Survival

    Historic India Club In London Fights For Survival
    The India Club in London, a hub for Indian nationalists in the UK during the independence movement in the 1930s and 40s, is fighting for its survival after plans emerged for the building to be demolished internally.

    Historic India Club In London Fights For Survival

    Short-Range Nuclear Weapons To Counter India's 'Cold Start Doctrine': Pakistan PM

    Short-Range Nuclear Weapons To Counter India's 'Cold Start Doctrine': Pakistan PM
    Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Thursday his country has developed short-range nuclear weapons to counter the 'cold start doctrine' adopted by the Indian Army.

    Short-Range Nuclear Weapons To Counter India's 'Cold Start Doctrine': Pakistan PM

    'Sikhs Ethnically Different From Indians': 100 UK MPs Back Non-Indian Ethnic Identity Move For Sikhs

    'Sikhs Ethnically Different From Indians': 100 UK MPs Back Non-Indian Ethnic Identity Move For Sikhs
    However, Khalistan campaigners in Britain are divided over whether Sikhs are ethnically different from Indians. Lord Indarjit Singh, a member of the House of Lords looked upon as an authority on Sikh affairs, maintains they are not.

    'Sikhs Ethnically Different From Indians': 100 UK MPs Back Non-Indian Ethnic Identity Move For Sikhs

    Sikh Family In Australia Wins Case Over Son Wearing Turban To Christian School

    Sikh Family In Australia Wins Case Over Son Wearing Turban To Christian School
    A Sikh family in Australia on Tuesday won a legal battle against a Christian school which refused to enrol their five-year-old son because of his turban.

    Sikh Family In Australia Wins Case Over Son Wearing Turban To Christian School