Photos - Feb 2009


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speaker nala calling on me in isb

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sunflowers enroute badin to thatta -short of water!

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Jaati- eaten up by sea due to faulty lbod

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so close to sir creek…

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KT Bunder

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my kt bunder jugnoos

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enroute tippun village in middle of sea

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mangroves in middle of creek

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salma from tippun ktbunder and me sharing rillee stitching

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harmony between man and nature- eco system getting affected- birds and man footprints which willbe affected

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kt bunder sanitation leaves much to be desired despite development funds and ngos- too much corruption in development execution at local levels-

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kids and media enroute mangrove plantation

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Palwasha and myself planting mangroves with kids

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Rabia from st josephs planting mangroves- my star !

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children sharing their thoughts on the occasion- awareness so aware on the issue

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protesting with sindh lecturers in front of kchi press club

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one of the many expert briefingson sites along rbod route- this one at gharo creek

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Haleji lake- rbod flowing too close to it- its ramsar site!

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Larkana

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RBOD 3  (drain of saline) miroo khan zero point- kambad shahdadkot

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Seepage

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small poisonous fish being dried from manchar lake for poultry feed-only source of income with manchar dead

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going to village inside manchar lake

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noting their problems- the job of a public rep.

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Sehwan – Mazaar of Shahbaz Qalandar

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Kotri barrage – arrival by night- main issue is 10MAF downstream this barrage…briefing at this point wth engineers

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Hyderabad- 4 briefings at circuit house late at night

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Dolphin watching at sunset- sukkur

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Evening discussion at sukkur wth wapda/irsa

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With lecturers and media in sukkur

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acid burns victims – a morning with them (i will not be showing their faces for their privacy)

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the collage of photos poetry on 4 canvasses, having arrived at faiz sahib’s house for faiz ghar exhibit.

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with my cousin and brother in-law (faiz sahib’s grandson)

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press conference announcing woman wing of GB

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congratulating woman wing gb president

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talking to ndma chief gen farooq giving list of stranded cut off areas needing help

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visiting skurdu press club

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view from plane on arrival

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door to door visits in skurdu poor localities

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opening the gifts with the kids and teaching them how to play with yoyo

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with handicapped children

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door to door drives and then walks

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with  delegations

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nosheen my parliamentary aide dipping her feet in snow and me enjoying twix choclate -

enjoying the clear sky before the flight back to isb, having accomplished our tasks for the day earlier

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surreal, magical, heavenly- undescribable feeling of some alien land -indus …

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