Creating Opportunities | Making the Impossible, Possible!
Maaha Zainab, Alihussein, Tasneem and I are blessed with a visit to Iraq immediately after this past Aashoora in Dubai. Tasneem and I have been to Iraq earlier, under Goddamn, sorry Saddam Hussein in 1998, sailing from Dubai to Basra and overland to Najaf, Karbala, Bagdad, Samara and Kadhemain. It was a memorial trip, leisure […]
How did CAI start? What inspired you? I get asked this question very often. The answer is quite lengthy which I had documented way back in 1996. I share and blog this experience now; hope you will find it interesting, informative. It is a hot and humid monsoon July Saturday some 16 years ago; dark, […]
New Elementary School – Bihar, India: Happy to report construction of new elementary school for Kishanjang, Bihar was initiated with foundation stone laid on December 01. Kishanjang is a poor, backward community in Bihar where education opportunities are a challenge for the poor and destitute. Here are few photos from the event. New Elementary School […]
Living in India, I have to deal with hundreds, thousands, lacs (one hundred thousand), ten lacs (one million) and then caror (ten million). One caror, that’s a tidy sum of money, especially in India. About US$225,000 at today’s exchange rate. To put this amount into perspective, I just sold my apartment (they call it flat […]
The distance between Mumbai, India and Karachi, Pakistan is about 550 miles; maybe less than an hour’s flying time. But because these two sister countries born from the same clot are estranged, there is but one flight a week between them, PAI. I would stand a better chance winning a Lotto jackpot than secure a […]
Of Orphan Care: It is Eid al Adha day today, Wednesday November 17, 2010. I shower and go to Zaib Palace here in Andheri, Mumbai for Eid prayers; a miracle happens, namaaz starts and ends on time my fortunes have changed! Perhaps. It is already November but is still warm and humid outside where people […]
Qurbaani for Eid el Hajj – Last Chance: CAI is happy to arrange for this year’s ritual again at following prices: Indian goat average 15lbs – $104 Afghanistan sheep have become prohibitively expensive due to shortages and the decrease in US$ so will not offer this year. Please book your animal NOW as the deadline […]
Sirsi is some 240 miles east of New Delhi, in Uttar Pradesh, about six hour drive. An impoverished community where basic education is a challenge for most, CAI supports the Bahman School just outside Sirsi town. CIA began with construction of 7 classrooms, laboratories and will soon embark on construction of additional 7 classrooms to […]
Dear Mr. President: Wow, you are coming to Mumbai today! Welcome, Sirjee, most welcome. You know what; I was so thrilled when you won the elections. Man, I never in my wildest dreams ever imagined a Black American with a Muslim sounding name preside over the most powerful country in the world. I know, I […]
Fundraising Event In Houston, TX: We had a fantastic fundraiser in Houston on October 3, raising over US$86,000 for Pakistan flood victims and water projects in Afghanistan; a massive jazaak’Allah to all the wonderful people who put amazing efforts to make this event happen. This will enable CAI commit to rebuilding an additional 100 homes […]
