A big party with plenty of food is planned. The thought of it makes Malik smile. Then he goes outside to the two-meter-high fence that separates the mosque from the street in front of it.

“Some 20 years ago, the kanji was served in mud pots at the Big Mosque,” he remembers. “But as years went by, they switched to stainless steel, and then, reusable plastic.” A little after ...

For nearly 40 years now the Sindhis have been serving iftar food at the Big Mosque built by Nawab Mohammad Ali Wallajah, an ancestor of Prince of Arcot Nawad Mohammad Abdul Ali. The Sufidar also ...