Creating Opportunities | Making the Impossible, Possible!
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 […]
SOS – Winter Blankets For Syrian Refugees All of you must be aware of news reports regarding refugees from Syria. Comfort Aid International has received heartbreaking reports of children dying due to exposure from the severe winter that grips most of the area where refugees have taken shelter from the tragic violence in Syria. Arrangements […]
CAI Sponsored School In Kargil, India – Update photos Sharing few photos of project almost complete; opening for 600+ students sometime March 2014 insha’Allah. 500 Destitute Individuals Get Food Aid CAI donors pitched in to help 500 poor and destitute individuals in Afghanistan with food aid during these bitter winter months. Every family got enough […]
CAI Sponsored School In Liberia – Update photos This school will open January 12 2014, a beacon of hope for about 500 children mired in poverty for an opportunity in education and a brighter future insha’Allah. Blanket And Heating Coal Distribution Winter is a miserable period for poor Afghans, especially in the remote areas without […]
Tuesday, November 19 2013 begins benign enough; we wake up for salaat, Mahaa Zainab and her mother return to slumber and I proceed with pushups and other exercises, run-up to a six – seven mile run later on, after giving breakfast and dropping Zainab to school. It is 7AM and I have just completed my […]
