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Reshma’s Story / Remembering Raza Mama
Reshma’s Story After trying for three years, the Pakistani government finally decides I am not a threat to their country…
Bollywood In Najaf?
Bollywood In Najaf? It is incredible how the Coronaviruses have upturned all our lives, but especially for frequent travelers. Like…
A Slap – A Sting – An Education?
A slap There is a war of words of larger-than-life proportions next door at the Leela Hotel here in Mumbai,…
My Bloody Gallbladder Stones
My Bloody Gallbladder Stones For uninteresting reasons, I end up in the emergency room of Fatimiyah Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.…
Aal Is Vel
Aal Is Vel It is in an aircraft 28,000 feet in the air that I find out a COVID-19 test…
Daughters For Sale
When the first reports of Afghan families selling or marrying their adolescent daughters for food or debt settlement flashed up…
Who Cares / A Nightmare
Who Cares It’s Deepawali, or Diwali, the festival of lights for almost 1.5 billion people of the world population, almost…
Orphans Stories
Ulfat – Zanzibar I meet Ulfat some three years ago, in her grandmother’s pitiful house somewhere in Zanzibar. It has…
Have Sheesha, Will Smoke
Have Sheesha, Will Smoke Emirates flight EK 726 from Dar es Salaam to Dubai is almost full. The crew (most…
Yes, I Am Mad / I Give Up
Yes, I Am Mad The die is cast. The impossible has happened. My nightmare is real. I have navigated through…
Am I A Mshenzi? Or A Mjeenga?
Mshenzi – Uncivilized Mjeenga – Illiterate I’ve just finished my early morning exercise routine and am looking forward to a…
Kabul Trails
This Blog was published in 2018 – I rerun it now due to the current events in Afghanistan. It’ll give…