October 2005

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• homistan

  Buy Tshirts

  10.15.05 | Permalink | 21 Comments

  Go to: http://chapatimystery.spreadshirt.com. All profits go to the relief effort.

• homistan

  Message from Hoodbhoy

  10.15.05 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Pervez Hoodhbhoy - of whom I have written about earlier - sends this email report:
  MY REPORT OF THE BALAKOT TRIP
  Four days later, they are still not even trying to extricate the dead. From under the rubble of collapsed buildings, a gut-wrenching smell of decaying corpses now fills the town. The rats have it good; the [...]

• homistan

  My Own Personal Drive

  10.13.05 | Permalink | 15 Comments

  update: In 24 hours, we have raised $1000 dollars! I cannot even tell you how thankful I am. More to come. Tshirts…..
  Gentle Readers,
  I have a plea for you. I urge you to donate what you can for the relief of the millions in Kashmir and Pakistan. I have provided a list of charities that I [...]

• homistan

  Shaken

  10.13.05 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  When earth is shaken with a mighty shaking/ and earth brings forth her burdens,/ and Man says, ‘What ails her?’/ upon that day she shall tell her tidings/ for that her Lord has inspired her. [Qur'an, XCIX].
  My mother told me, “Earthquakes happen because God punishes the Earth”. I was confused. To take that at [...]

• homistan

  The Ground

  10.12.05 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  That shows you what happened.
  Tariq Ali reports in the Guardian today from Lahore. He writes:
  The death toll has been underestimated. Balakot, a small city which is the gateway to the beautiful Kaghan valley and heavily dependent on tourism, has been destroyed. Corpses litter the streets. According to yesterday’s estimates, at least half of the city’s [...]

• homistan

  To Help II

  10.11.05 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  It was the summer of our junior year in high school. Khayyam, Sohail, Reza and I went to Mansera and beyond for a hiking trip. Our host in Mansera was Bilawal. His house was one of the many in lanes [galli] that dotted the mountain side. Thin strips of mountain rock led from the main [...]

• homistan

  To Help

  10.10.05 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  I have tried, I am trying, to get an online donation setup. The last resort will be my own paypal account but I am in contact with a couple of charity organizations that operate in Pakistan, and whom I trust, and hopefully some online thing will materialize.
  Edhi Foundation, is the organization that I can wholeheartedly [...]

• homistan

  Devastation

  10.09.05 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  30,000 dead is being reported on PTV. The Margala Towers collapsed in Islamabad. I have a lot of family in the area and, so far, reports are that they are ok. The hardest hit areas in Azad Kashmir, esp. Mansera, are places where we spend a lot of time.
  I feel as helpless and unable [...]

• homistan

  Earthquake

  10.08.05 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  Terrible news. Please, donate. Mamta send in this wiki link as well. Also, there is news and details on what can be done to helphere.

• univerCity

  Madison

  10.07.05 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Am in Madison attending this here, um, gathering. Basically an excuse to hang with some peeps. So, if you in Madison and, you read this here blog and you wanna meet up, leave a note on the board. Me and Amardeep will hopefully meet and talk about the initiative or just have a pint. You [...]