Tag: nida

  • Letters from Friends (Nida Shams)

    So here is something new on the Chai Ki Dukaan !!! Something that I would like to call “letters from friends“… and thanks to Nida, who works with WWF and stays in Karanchi, I have my first letter below !!!


    She happens to be a brilliant photographer (and is any photographer’s delight too, like you see in the picture above which was clicked by her Niece). We crossed paths on flickr and I am really happy to introduce her on Chai Ki Dukaan. Please do take out sometime to see her work HERE.

    Enjoy !

    Off to Nida –

    Hello everybody : ) I am Prashant’s friend & my name is Nida…before you ask I would like to tell you the meaning of my name… Actually it’s an Arabic name meaning ‘Call/Voice’ or ‘Pukaar’ in Hindi/Urdu, my mother gave me this name. No! I am not Arab but yes in Muslim families people usually give their children Arabic names from Quran or Arabic Dictionary. I am from Pakistan and after changing a number of cities/country am back to Karachi….my birth place and from where I did my Graduation in Graphic Design.

    What else? I am a wanderer (GHUMAKAD ; ) and a dreamer (Prashant suggest me some good word for this : ). I wanted to be an Artist so I choose commercial art as a career and now am working with development sector as a graphic designer. Well that’s a long story why I didn’t choose mainstream, commercial work and working in this area. Hmm there are so many things which I would like to share and that I love to do….on the top PHOTOGRAPHY.

    That’s a little introduction about me……….if u guys not are bored….I can write more 😉 but next time.

  • Choti Eid pay Choti Nida : )

    Wishoooooooo a Happy Eid !!!

    This is my second eid on this planet. Yes my parents told me dat me turned 2 now. In this pic im standing with my bro….on the top my uncle and my cousin on the top left…. My papa took dis photo. We are standing in the courtyard of our great grand father’s house which is in interior Sindh of Pakistan….we always come here on eid with all our chachaas and chachees and cousins. You must be thinking why I am so happy….hmm coz am thinking about sweets hmm Saweeyan, mithai, chocolates……all waiting for me……yummy. I just love sweets…ive some milk teeth and some sweet teeth…not kidding yaar!!! Oh sorry no yaar……mom says yaar is not a good word :p…And my bro is happy coz he is just dreaming about his Eidee. I will give all my eidee to my momy and she will buy me a doll : )

    Can u see? In my pic that am wearing kurta paijama u know that’s from Hyderabad, my mom’s nani sent me this kurta from India as my eid gift. Lovely no!!! I am wearing bangles n payal too. Oh yes ive dots of mehndi on my hands which is called chaanda : ) nice no after sighting eid ka chanda on chand raat making mehndi k chotay chotay chaand….so many chanda mama 🙂 on Eid.

    Awww gotta go now ve to play with my cousins.

    Ta Ta and eid mubarak to my sweet friend Chunmun (thats OM for you; and if you did not know it, he is still called Chunnu in his home 😛) and all his friends 🙂