Few of them I can think of at this point, as I’m in a hurry, and believe there are various other:
1- It’s Ramzaan or alternatively Ramzan, not Ramadan. What’s Ramadan anyway? Here you have urdu words like “mubarak” (which should really be “mubarik”–for once I know my zair from zabar
), “gupshup” which are totally urdu words so what’s Ramadan doing there? I protest to the ostensible wannabe Arabic FOB spirit which seems to have pervaded this place like sand up a camel’s crevices.
2- Ramzaan is a cultural event for you blighted spirits of unawareness and knucklehead-ed-ness. It should be celebrated as such. It’s not a religious/spiritual venue to purify your souls. When was the last time God rewarded you with enlightment in return for these archaic practices? Let me guess, never
(and no, “still breathing” or “have my health” isn’t really a godly reward, it’s your basic I’m-a-God’s-creation right – see my point about enlightment
).
So Ramzan is a beautiful occasion aided by cultural niceties of food, early morning rising, lassi + chai drinking, samosa consumption, rooh afzah absorption et al. If you really want to feel spiritual then buy a Hindu a drink. God will reward you over such gesture of cross-relgious solidarity.
3- The color on the banner is completly inappropriate in a non-sexual inappropriate sort of way. It darkly blue. Looks like kissi baiwa kee ujaRi hooee maand, kissi suhagan ka luta hooa ghar. At worst it feels like Heer Jr.'s sard aaH only Ranjha left her for some other woman this time around (remind me, is kacha ghaRa related to Heer or Sohni?
)
Ramzan is sprightly. Show it as such
If you really want to show sunrise or sunset (you can’t even tell in this case, btw) then have some shokh natural color like Yellow, orange, ruby red (which I think should officially represent kissi suhagan kee khumar bhari adh-jagee neend the morning-after or rut-jaga as such… same thing same thing–how that aligns with Ramzan is a totally different discussion and I don’t have the time). But blue is gloomy, dark, paranoiac, depressing.
4- What are those small white wheels on the side? Are they supposed be (deformed) diamonds? (Diaquiri) umbrellas? What? Please don’t tell me those are stars… for the sheer reason that THOSE ARE NOT STARS!!
Seriously, have you ever seen a star? Been to one? I think not.