These days, I see people lighting candles in the memory of martyrs. That is not our way. Since when did we start lighting candles instead of reciting Quran or offering fatiha? I think we have started doing it to ape New Yorkers who did so on 9/11, or the people in India who do so on Divali. Have we forgotten our traditions completely due to 'enlightened moderation'? -AMJAD HABIB MIRZA, Lahore, via e-mail, October 26.