Saturday, September 12, 2015

Profile: Nasreen Tahir Wafai

Life as we know it.
Profile: Nasreen Tahir Wafai.

By Ambia Bhurt

It’s hard to survive as a woman in a society we live in but it’s even harder to
survive as a widow. People do not accept you, it is hard dealing with the people around a widow. Their advice, insensitive comments and pointless conversations. 

Being a widow is like a woman has lost a right to laugh, dress up and look beautiful. But here is a woman who fought all the evils in the society she protected her 3 children and survived.She is now a language teacher and Scouts and Girl Guides mistress at St.bonaventures High School Qasimabad, also a writer of six books in Sindhi language, social activist and an amazing artist who makes handmade stuff. She calls sewing machine her best friend. 

She was the only female who managed to come to Hyderabad from her small village JindoDero district Shikarpur for further studies. She completed her B.Edfrom Sindh University Old Campus Hyderabad.

 She is the woman with the most beautiful and smiling eyes. Her eyes will tell you everything about her life. Her soft hands will tell you how generous and kind she has been all her life. Her calm and steady personality will tell you about her act of humanity. Her simplicity and captivating grace will never let you take your eyes off her. She believes in giving to those who are needy. Being rich in not what you have in your bank account but what’s in your heart she says. She never celebrates any occasion alone. She distributes Eidi, cloths , toys and many other stuff made by her own hands to poor kids of different schools and orphanage houses. She has a non-paid, volunteer organization named after her late husband “Tahir Wafai welfare organization” which helps the poor and the needy. 

This organization has recently distributed used stuff to ILM JO SOJHORO primary school and eidi gifts to SOS Village Jamshoro including toys. Bags, shoes, cushions. She also arranges exhibitions. She has an official website nasreenwafai.wordpress.com, here you can find all the information about her exhibitions and photos along with description about her work including handmade bags, cushions, bedsheets, pillows, Sindhi embroidedGajj, baby quilts, pouches and also descriptions of delicious recipes. 

She suggests reading Shah joRisalo and Khuwab Nagar, columns by Mahmood Mughal. She also wrote a book of poems for primary level children “NandhraSuhnraBaarPyara”. She says “Managing time makes your life much easier. Wasting time is like wasting your life”. One should stop complaining and starts appreciating to what he/she has,Never be the reason behind someone’s cry that’s the secret ingredient of a peaceful life she says.

She is an inspiration to me and many other women who are having a hard time in their lives. Well if she can do it we all can. All we need is a little courage, patience and a lot of hard work and soon the world will start recognizing and appreciating you. 

Ambia roll # 12 Practical work carried under supervision of Sir Sohail Sangi

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