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Yesterday, when I saw my mother peeling the round gourd, I felt a strange sadness

Hari Bhari Tokri is an initiative from the Mumbai Organic Farmers and Consumers Association (MOFCA) where you pay a deposit for one growing season of 3-4 months and pick up a packet of vegetables that have been grown locally, organically and picked fresh every week. The importance of those first two criteria can be debated, but the last really cannot.… Read More »

When Hazrat Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki

Quṭb al-Aqṭāb Khwājā Sayyid Muḥammad Bakhtiyār al-Ḥusaynī, Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī (Urdu: قطبُ الدین بختیار کاکی) (born 1173 – died 1235) was a Muslim Sufi mystic, saint and scholar of the Chishti Order from Delhi, India. He was the disciple and the spiritual successor of Mu’in al-Din Chishti as head of the Chishti order, and the person to whom the Qutb Minar, Delhi is dedicated. Before him the Chishti order in India was confined to Ajmer and Nagaur.… Read More »

There is such a village near Faisalabad city in Punjab province of Pakistan

Faisalabad ( /fɑːɪsɑːlˌbɑːd/; Punjabi/Urdu: فیصل آباد, Punjabi pronunciation:; Urdu pronunciation: , formerly known as Lyallpur (Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pakistan after Karachi and Lahore respectively, and the 2nd largest city of Punjab after Lahore. Faisalabad is one of Pakistan’s wealthiest cities, the largest industrial hub and 2nd largest city of wider Punjab region. Historically one of… Read More »