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Ashoora Eve At Kasar Bagh – A Distributing Ritual Back in India, it takes me almost two days to calm down and begin eating normally, after my highly emotional, haunting and turbulent visit with the Rohingya refugees rotting at the squalor camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Since I have been away almost all active nights […]
Donor Aid To Rohingya Refugees In BD Begin: Aid to the wretched Rohingya refugees (read Blog here) at the squalor camps at Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh has begun. Due to the total lack of sanitation facilities in the camps and the real and immediate threat of communicable diseases, CAI has begun the construction of two toilets, […]
BOOK ONE – Sikander Ali ‘You are a bloody buffoon, a red-assed bander, a monkey, who will not be anything once you grow up. You hear me, you idiot? Your mother should be satisfied if you make it as a barber!’ ‘Bah,’ I resorted glibly, ‘Habeeb is a barber and his salon takes in thousands […]
Emirates flight EK508 from Dubai descends to about 10,000 feet and begins the final approach towards Mumbai’s Chhatrapati International Airport. I am relieved, since I’ll soon be asleep in a comfortable bed at the Leela Hotel, after almost 24-hours on an aircraft from Orlando. Alas, not so fast. The plane lurches, turns course and heads […]
CAI Donors Reach Out To Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh: CAI Trustees are on the ground in Cox Bazar, Bangladesh trying to bring some relief to the terrible plight of the Rohingya people who have been forced out of their homes in Myanmar (Burma). Due to the overwhelming demand by over 400,000 such people, logistics for […]
Masi Irma Comes Visiting Masi Irma blows into Florida like an enraged ex, packing a hefty punch, huffing and puffing, spewing destruction and mayhem, upsetting routine and instilling fear. But like most exes with an ax to grind, the fury, devastation, and death she spits out are based on emotions churned by passion rather than […]
Helping The Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh: As you may have already heard, the poor Rohingyas in Burma, Myanmar, again, are being persecuted, their homes burnt, men killed, women raped and children butchered. CAI donors stepped in with food and shelter relief a few months ago. This relief, although useful and necessary, however, is transient and […]
Yes, I’m A Grouch I wake up this morning in a sullied mood, because of multiple overnight global alerts that make any decent sleep impossible. The Rohingya’s are going through renewed genocide by hardline Buddhists aided by the Burmese army, a ten-year-old destitute, orphaned girl is going to die in Herat, Afghanistan because CAI is […]
SGH Construction In Progress: After delays due to an unrelenting monsoon and regulatory red-tape, the Sakina Girls Home new digs in Sirsi, India is in an accelerated mode now, scheduled for completion April 2018 insha’Allah. Sharing few photos: Life-Saver Medical Cases: One of the most critical roles of CAI worldwide is providing support to financially […]
Amna’s School Dream Comes Alive I strongly suggest a read of Amna Naqwi – The Unwanted Daughter, so that the subsequent narrative will be a natural transition and make for an easier read and comprehension of the following: The jarring, uncomfortable, pot-riddled road from Sirsi to Halwaana is over 200 miles and takes over six hours. […]
