“Vrata” or fasting for a cause ,should we or shouldn’t.vrata means pledge for mankind .by fasting we come to know suffering it keep ourselves away from sin. Scientifically fasting retune and cleans our digestive system .
People in ancient days have associated this scientific rule of fasting with religion so that more and more people keep fast at least once in an year and remain digestively healthy .however fasting is not only religious it is also an instrument of self discipline .it is a training for mind and body to live under hardships
All religions have some or the other ritual where the follower “fast“. like in Hindus festivals like navratri karwa choth ,poornima and so on ,whereas in Muslim community “roza for a month “Christians fasting ritual “teens fasting” while Jainism follow a different pattern for fasting called “santhara”.every community have set a different level of hardship to be followed for their vrata or fasting ritual.
Now a days it has come from a matter of dietary control or religious ritual fasting has come to be a handy tool of societal control. It is a non violent form of protest .Mahatma Gandhi was among the ones who used fasting to capture people’s attention..
