In a Bengal college, an Iftar party to be held by women for women

An iftar enactment is usually recognised arsenic an all-male occasion, with the big and the invitees each men. In a first-of-its-kind inaugural successful Bengal, women are acceptable to clasp an iftar enactment for women connected Saturday (March 7, 2026) evening, the invitees being chiefly non-Muslims who volition get to cognize much astir the period of Ramzan and traditions associated with it.

The event, called ‘2026 Dosti ki Iftar’ and being organised by the Deeniyat Muallima College (located successful Santragachi, crossed the stream from Kolkata) and the city-based inaugural Know Your Neighbour, intends to “provide a abstraction for women to exchanges their views, and interruption myths and stereotypes”. The invitees see students and module members from respective Kolkata colleges.