Author: Dr. Ashiq Hussain

EID-UL-FITR is celebrated on the first day of Shaw’waal, at the completion of the holy month Ramadan (the ninth month of the Muslim year),. In fact it is the ‘festival of fast breaking’ and is most celebratory of all Muslim festivals. The festival is significant as much for its timing, as for [...]

Author: Victoria
The day after Thanksgiving, which is also known as Black Friday, is the opportunity to start or complete your holiday shopping. Black Friday is famous for great bargains and deals that are only available for the entire day or for a few hours. Before you even start shopping, you should really have a plan, [...]

A birthday, as the term implies, is the anniversary of the particular day on which a person was born. Though by no means universal, such occasions are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with a party or, in some instances, a rite of passage.
The birthday cake is traditionally highly decorated, and typically covered with lit candles [...]

According to Jewish law, when Jewish children reach the age of majority (generally thirteen years for boys and twelve for girls) they become responsible for their actions, and become a Bar or Bat Mitzvah.
The terms are also commonly used to refer to the ceremony celebrating this coming of age.
There is a common misconception that the [...]

Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the ceremony that is sometimes associated, where students become Graduates. The date of graduation is often called degree day. The graduation itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation.