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For many Indians who fast during the holy month of Ramadan, it can be tough to keep up with their food preferences and follow the timings of their meals while travelling, but simple acts of kindness from strangers can make everything easier.
On Monday, a Twitter user posted about how the staff on board a train helped him break his fast by serving him iftar even though he didn’t ask for it. The tweet, which detailed the considerate gesture of the Indian Railways, has impressed netizens.
Shahnawaz Akhtar, whose Twitter handle is @ScribeShah, shared a picture of his iftar meal and wrote, “Thank you #IndianRailways 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 @RailMinIndia”.
Soon his tweet went viral and gathered over 23,000 likes and thousands of retweets.
https://twitter.com/SudhakarDR3/status/1519268149945724928
https://twitter.com/erwinsmithXD/status/1519069876794499073
Commenting on this post, a Twitter user wrote, “A lot of good people are there in this country – they do great work for humanity, whenever they get a chance – they are generally not very active on social media – enjoy real life, real love, real peace and unity, its a very small life to spend in hating others”.
Union Minister of State for Railways Darshana Jardosh also responded to Akhtar’s tweet.
