Creating Opportunities | Making the Impossible, Possible!
Mullah Mchungu shows up at my door when I am right in the middle of a vigorous seven mile run on my treadmill, from where I am following highlights of a thrilling cricket match between India and Pakistan to keep me company. I don’t like my running routine to be interrupted so I ignore the […]
A 1,000 Student School Project CAI donors are taking on a massive school project near the poor community of Kanpur, UP India. This will be a 1,000 strong school catering to the Kanpur / Lucknow areas, some of the most challenged for quality education. The school, grades 1 – 12 will be modern and meet […]
Fundraiser For Girls School / Orphanage Few very dedicated CAI well-wishers are holding a fundraiser for a new girls school / orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan. It will insha’Allah be held at Imam Ali Center in New Jersey on April 26. The current 30 girls orphanage will expand to 60 and the school will educate 300 […]
Monrovia School Project The CAI donated Monrovia school projects was inaugurated on January 12. It was a fantastic trip ending with the initiation of another school project at Bo Waterside, some 60 miles from Monrovia in an impoverished village. You can read the Trip Report and see photos here. Sirsi Phase One Houses Gifted The […]
version here.Phew! It’s done. Finally! My second novel is done editing and is currently being readied for publishing; it will be out second / third week of March insha’Allah. Having worked on it off and on for the last three long years plus, I feel lost not having to slog over it anymore. Strangely, the feeling […]
Kargil is situated at the very north of India in the (LOC) line of control with Pakistan. It is only 204km from Srinagar but takes about 8 hours to reach by road, which are open to all traffic from mid May to mid November. The views are breath-takingly beautiful except for the long journey and […]
Dear fellow Muslims, Salaam Alaikum. May this holy month bring you much blessings and the taufiq of reflection and self betterment resulting in a chance to get closer to Allah (swt). The following are musings on my recent visit to India (Mumbai, Calcutta and Kargil). Due to the nature and the unique experience in Kargil, […]
Inna lillahi Wa Inna Ilayi Raajeoon… the profundity of this beautiful Quraanic verse hit me most when I lost someone dear to me, without whom I wouldn’t be here today – my father, Aunali Jetha, my role model. He lost his battle fighting Leukemia last year. Life hasn’t been the same ever since he passed […]
I fly to warm, muggy Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and immediately set on feasting on mangoes, pineapples, zambarao and plums that are in season; ahhh, what delight, but promptly get a bellyache and the runs. Dar now resembles mini Mumbai in filth, minus the curs; haphazard construction, rowdy, snarled traffic and backed up sewer lines […]
CAI Projects Completed In January 2014 The following projects are scheduled for completion in Jan 2014: 1. A school for 600 poor children outside Monrovia, Liberia. 2. A brand new wing for girls school at Phanderi, UP India complete with three science laboratories, a computer lab and complete library. 3. Ten of 50 homes for […]
