There is so much about the Indian culture in general and the different rituals that I didn't know about so this was very interesting - I have a friend who fasts every Thursday for her husband's health. She only eats once and that too in the evening but am not sure which god she prays to...

It is funny that now you feel like asking guests if they're on a fast - for me it is if they eat ginger garlic, this that lol - it certainly was not the same as in the past when it was considered impolite to state food preferences at a party