Fasting isnt my cup of tea. I cant starve for long stretches: the highly acidic gastric juice demands food from time-to-time. I used to refrain from eating on several occasions: during the pujas at home, as the news of the death of someone dear to me arrived, when the guy from the nearby diagnostic center came to collect my blood sample. I didnt take food on the morning of my wedding daymy mother made sure I couldnt enter the kitchen. She had a reason to do so. Mom maintained, If the bride...