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Abstinence: Interview with Sikander Ali Baba, Sufi Ascetic

Videos · February 24, 2026

Abstinence: Interview with Sikander Ali Baba, Sufi Ascetic

(Excerpt)

Denial. Desire. Deprivation

Ravi Agarwal

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A Feast of Sorts

The ‘meal’ is an investigation of food along with three very different “practitioners.” They offer tastes of fasting, suffering, health, politics, social control, cognition, and language.

(4 videos, headphones, table, stools – dimensions variable)

 

Abstinence

Sikander Ali Baba,

(25 mins. approx. video HD)

Sikander Ali is a Sufi baba, roaming the countryside, immersed in a meditative practice dedicated to God. He speaks of the relationship of food as a form of fasting, denial, suffering in the quest for a higher self.