Salaams, Everyone! Peace and blessings be upon you. Together we are living through a new world. I’m loving this silence, this peace and this giving our time and thoughts to others. What with all this Corona business, and now its Ramzan – the month of fasting. Alhamdolillah! Situation these days: Believe me, at a time …
Discussing here why it is vital for us to pull up the poorest socio-economic level of our society. Unless we do it as quickly as possible, it will ultimately pull us all down. Small steps are shared here, by which each one of us can make a difference. This is bound to have an over-all impact. We have to start by helping them intelligently and in a focused manner.
Perhaps, I met Mr. Ijaz Ahmed Khan once or twice in my life. It was enough to change my life…
Domestic help in Pakistan, and this region (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Gulf States,) are a point of discussion all round. This is so because they are an integral part of our lives. Like them or not, we can’t live without them. Driver, servant, maid, gardener, cleaning maid, cook, guard – you name it we have …
Somehow, you always receive more than you give! This topic is so close to my heart, I don’t know where to start! I suppose charity begins with empathy. Yet there are so many beginnings to it. Why give charity? It can be any of these reasons: To help others out of their dilemmas. To …
Attending one of my favorite conferences… SDPI: Almost every December since 2005, I have attended the annual three-day conference of SDPI. This year the theme was: Seventy Years of Development- The Way Forward, it was held on December 5,6th and 7th . I just love going there, it is a great experience. The director Uzma …
Each one of us has a responsibility towards them A couple of years ago, I had a first-hand experience of what it means to be ‘disabled’. I had fallen from two steps, in the school where I taught English. The doctors said, that I need knee replacement operation within a week if possible. It was …
Laborers I got to know….. In 2010 when my husband and I moved into this locality, it was a relatively new colony. -Lots of construction going on all round. There was dust in the air and more laborers seen around here, than the residents. Watching these laborers working and walking around, holding their fearful looking equipment …
