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A Toilet With Tiles
The area around Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai is not very pedestrian friendly; certainly not a place to unnecessarily…
The Miracle Of Giving – Sirsi, UP…Bad link to photos fixed!
I got an avalanche of protests from several about the link to photographs on this writeup not working. It’s now…
The Miracle Of Giving – Sirsi, UP
Sirsi is in Uttar Pradesh, India, some six hours drive east of New Delhi. It is a poor mid-size village,…
Lies, lies, lies!
I meet Habeeb at Dubai Airport Terminal One Lufthansa lounge; we begin chatting, killing time before flight call. The conversation…
Saira’s Story
This saga is of nineteen-year-old Saira Ashrafi who CAI donors sponsored towards software programming courses sometime in 2010. Daughter of…
Burp!
With 2 weeks to kill before a (very uncomfortable) foot long stent can be removed below my kidneys in Mumbai…
Mirza’s Dowry Dilemma
As part of her charitable activities, CAI donors help very poor girls beat India’s dowry scrooge by paying up to…
The Bloody Kidney Stone
Saifi Hospital located at Maharshi Karve Marg in Mumbai is a grand, regal and handsome building, outstanding amidst her neighbors…
A $50,000 Surgery…
I am near to finishing a nine-mile run about a month ago when, with about one mile to go, when…
A Hairy Affair
‘Hair,’ my marhoom friend Shafiq Allaina, who was blessed with thick, almost unmanageable mane of wiry hair once disclosed at…
Baby Sultana’s Eyes – The Aftermath
I seem to have kicked up a Minnesota style blizzard regarding my latest Blog – Baby Sultana’s Eyes. Some people,…
Baby Sultana’s Eyes – Part One
In Dubai recently, at Emirates Mall, browsing for nothing in particular, I notice an Arab family of five, with a…
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CAI Newsletter | March 2026 | B March 19, 2026
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Stuck In Dubai March 14, 2026
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CAI Newsletter | March 2026 | A March 6, 2026
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CAI Newsletter | Feb 2026 | B February 21, 2026
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CAI Newsletter | Feb 2026 | A February 5, 2026