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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…
Baby Sultana’s Eyes – Final
Continued… I encourage her to leave the brothel, but she is scared of Khaala and the consequences; Zulaikha might have…
The Ultimate Sajda
‘O Land Of Kerbala, My Son Is Innocent…’ This is the lament of Sayyeda Fatemah (A) today, as we commemorate…
My Afghan Escapade – Zuher Somji
While I jump at the opportunity to accompany Yusufali on his most recent adventure to Afghanistan, his only condition that…
Rescued!
Some five years ago, Nazim Mirza, a destitute peasant farmer from Mursheedabad, WB India, moves to congested and grimy, smelly…
Midair Tamasha
My recent trip to Afghanistan has been grueling, one of the most taxing I have experienced. The return flight from…