In other updates we have pledged to assist a young woman through her midwifery course in Karachi & will also support her younger brother's school fee.

80k was raised to support a woman blinded in an acid attack by her husband. The living quarters she is in now, broke me.
Going forward we will try to support her through this tough time. Her sister is a house maid & earns 15k pm.

Will also see if she can see an eye specialist & see if theirs a way to restore some sight.
We also supported a single woman working with @MariaTaqdees at Hunar ghar. Electricity fluctuation caused her fan & fridge to malfunction.

At the same time, a young person needed medical help, we helped them with fee.

A young woman has been supported to go on an adventure trip
To the north with a tweep & 2 girls will be taking the freelancing course with a course conductor featuring @AsraRizKhan run on @airschoolonline, a platform by @fatimarizwan
We have also raised annual school fee for 2 girls at The Garage School when some regular donors became untraceable.

They're still seeking funds for an English teacher.

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28 Jun
As a new immigrant I still view Canada with an outside in lens. I guess it takes time to fully internalise a culture, but Canada remains a mystery to me.

Could be attributed to the "timing" of our move or the unique circumstances that set in as a result of it.

#Immigration
Do all immigrants feel a disconnect to Canada? The infrastructure in the bigger cities is comparable to London, the busy-ness of it all, never ending chores, weekend getaways & retirement plans.

However, this is something desi people never experience.
We don't really plan, we don't have weekend getaways, our domestic life isn't so hectic. Our busy lives are a mix of work, life in imbalance, brought about by a crazy dependency on family relationships & toxic people around us.

When you immigrate you leave most of it behind.
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16 Apr
Who are these people.

Who create a vaccine & patent them, in the middle of a pandemic.

They know, production isn't enough.
That we will need vaccines to get herd immunity but they will play profit.
Who are these people.

Who know that the poor live in low ventilated, crowded spaces, be in USA or Pakistan.

That the only way of survival is on daily wages of low paid work.

That vaccine first should be prioritised for them.
Who are these people who use tax money to fund vaccine development but patent it, removing any chance for generic production.

Millions have died & more have death written for them by these vaccine makers.

What's in a number?
Read 15 tweets
29 Mar
My beautiful Nani (sitting on right side of bride) with all her siblings & parents

A picture of countless memories & countless stories.
Post partition Nana Abba (my maternal great grandfather) decided to leave their ancestral home in Shimla & moved to Lahore. He was given an evacuee property of Geeta Bhawan in Lahore. He should have claimed more but he decided this was enough for his family's needs
I believe so many defrauded the government on evacuee properties. Glad we stayed on the right side of history on this one.
Thank you Nana Abba.

He was a father to 9 children, 2 boys & 7 girls, my Nani, Kulsum Begum, the eldest & his most beloved.
Read 14 tweets
21 Mar
Was discussing office spaces in Pakistan back when I joined working.

There was a lecherous group of young men who made all women trainees feel uncomfortable.

We never complained
They were about 10/12 at most, sitting in one corner of the audit room but would make each one of us uncomfortable.

They would pass crude jokes, look you over, sleazy glances & laugh in a way that you knew it was locker room talk.

We all took it in. We never once complained.
That was 1997 to 2001 for me. The day my trainee contract ended I never stayed a day more.

We were training to lead finance teams & these men older than most us, would behave in such a way, it was unbelievable much alike how boys stood outside girls colleges.
Read 21 tweets
19 Mar
Arvi gosht in the making.

Lunch table talk is going to be interspersed with ugly stares (son), quiet resignation (husband) & whining (daughter)

What's not to like about a well made Arvi gosht.

Explain
Update

The son heated leftover ravioli from dinner & had some cucumbers on the side.

The little one toasted a slice, buttered it & had it with cucumber & apple.

Yeh dunya pittal di

#arvigate
Update 2.

Hubby had arvi gosht, but he also took out Shaan mixed pickle, a sure sign of compromise.
Also I saw he didn't take more than 1 arvi piece.

This is not over yet.

#arvigate
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19 Mar
People are strange.

They hate your guts, hate you, or maybe dislike you, tolerate you for various reasons, but apna koi kaam hota hai toh forun haazir

Nice nothings & then straight to request.

I definitely an atm for everyone's social cause
Why would they reach out if they disliked you so much? Shocked by someone in family who has avoided me like a curse mostly over years & especially this year over a curt censure I made for her loving food making & over sharing in a pandemic when millions lost jobs & livelihoods
And then she reaches out for information. It's strange how insignificant some people make you feel & she's always that kind. I've always maintained my distance & there's those who will swear by the fake sweetness.

I've really no interest in her but anyhow
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