In the southern Indian city of Chennai, Hindus prepare and serve Iftar meals for their Muslim friends at the historic Wallajah Mosque. As religious tensions rise across India, this act of unity is a symbol of harmony.
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00:30In India, this is what is happening here. Service to a mankind, service to God.
00:36Muslim brothers are in Nombu.
00:38They have done a clean job of praying.
00:43For souls like that, if we worship food, it is a good deed.
00:49So we are going in search of that good deed.
00:51Music
00:56Come and see at 6.30, see how it is.
00:58See what unity there is, what a crowd there is, how they are supplying.
01:02It is very good.
01:03I am very happy to come and see.
01:05The jewellery given by many Hindus is a very big thing.
01:08It has not happened anywhere like this.
01:10Music
01:19A friend came and asked me to come and see.
01:25It is good, I am happy.
01:26We meet so many people.
01:28It is a community with a good way of life.
01:32I am very happy.
01:33There is a big kitchen in Sufi Dar.
01:35Hygienic.
01:36Around 8.30, 3-4 cooks will come, cleaners will come.
01:40Exactly one day before night, all the vegetables will come.
01:44We will decide already.
01:46Everything will be ready by 4 o'clock.
01:48Music
01:57We have nothing to do with politics.
02:01Many people talk in many ways.
02:03We do not listen to all that.
02:04Our purpose is different.
02:06That's why we come and give and go.
02:08Hindus, Muslims, many people create controversy.
02:11But we listen to this and listen to that.
02:14Partition should not separate people.
02:16You should not divide and rule.
02:25Music