Huffington Post: Ramadan Rumblings

Check out my ode to kheema samosas in the Huffington Post today.

Ramadan Rumblings

A few years ago, I approached my desk after a morning meeting and was greeted by giant glossy color images of donuts, burgers, ice cream, and french fries plastered on the wall of my cubicle.

This was my then-boss’s charming way of helping me ring in in the first day of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month that requires fasting from sunrise to sunset.

I guess you’d have to know her personality and sense of humor — “quirky” doesn’t begin to describe it — but while some of my colleagues were furious on my behalf and threatened to report her to HR, I was mostly unfazed.

Because if she had really wanted to make me suffer, she would have posted eight-by-seven pictures of kheema samosas instead.
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