–Ehsan Obayed
Eid in Arabic means ‘feast, festival, holiday.’ About 1.8 billion Muslims are going to celebrate the Eidul Fitr, the greatest festival of Muslims with the sight of the new moon of Shawal. The festival marks the end of Ramadan – a holy month of fasting – and is traditionally observed with a feast, family gatherings, large prayer gatherings at the mosque, and a sense of goodwill. Muslims worldwide are going to share the joy and happiness with their friends and families, near and dear ones. In this global village context, people are now connected wherever they are physically. Technology, in this regard has been playing an inseparable role.
Before the festive days of Eid starts people buys cloths, gifts, food items for their families, friends, neighbors and most importantly for the people in need. Apart from shopping from markets, online marketplaces are also found active.
People tend to visit their families, their roots where they are from during the festive days of Eid. But before they start, they make sure the workplace, their houses are kept safely under the surveillance systems. Ticketing now a days is largely dependent on online systems. They fix the smoke detector and fire alarms for the days when they are not around.
Still, a large number of people cannot go to the places they belong to; they call over phones, meet their near and dear ones through video chatting and thus try to stay connected though apart.
Juniors expect salami from their seniors on Eid days. A number of Mobile Financial Services like bKash, Rocket, Nagad, MCash, Upay are at service.
Muslims across the globe visit places during the Eid vacation. Booking and reservations are made online for quick and easy solutions. Some visits holy sites virtually like, Masjid al Haram, Masjid e- Nabawi and so on.
People are prone to fall sick during vacations due to change of environment, difference of temperature are many other reasons. Despite the closure of everything, we can consult a doctor online or can order medicine to be delivered at home. eHealth service may also be found beneficial for common medication.
In case of emergency, National Emergency Service 999 takes very prompt initiatives as usual. During the Eid vacation, the service is more relevant.
For entertaining people, various OTT (Over The Top) services like Chorki, Toffee, Ayna, arrange a wide range of entertaining schedules.
Now a days, members of families live in different continents, different time zones; but love is shared, happiness is shared by dint of various tools and applications of technology. Technology is always at peoples’ side for the benefit of mankind. Wish you a blessed Eid; Eid Mubarak.
