Creating Opportunities | Making the Impossible, Possible!
I am in a foul mood, perhaps because I am headed to the US tomorrow and will have to spend about 20 plus hours in the air to get from Mumbai to London to New York to Orlando, not counting stopover time. There is another, shorter route through Dubai but incredibly, all cattle class seats […]
Pakistan Blanket Distribution Update: I am happy to share photos of blanket distribution to victims of Pakistani floods. CAI was able to source 3,200 thick blankets (razaaees) suitable for village use. Jazaak’Allah – all of you that participated in this very critical project. Pakistan Disaster – 1,000 Home Building Project Update: Sarepole Elementary School Update: […]
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 […]
