Haidar's Corner

Kano is located in northern Nigeria and is known for its rich cultural and culinary heritage. The cuisine in Kano is influenced by the region's diverse ethnic groups, as well as by neighboring countries such as Niger and Chad. Some common ingredients and dishes in Kano include: Grains: Grains such as millet, sorghum, and rice are staple foods in Kano, and are often eaten as porridge or made into bread. Soups and stews: Kano is known for its flavorful soups and stews, which are often made with meat, vegetables, and spices. Some popular dishes include miyan kuka (a thick soup made with ground baobab leaves), miyan taushe (a spicy stew made with groundnuts and spices), and tuwo (a doughy porridge made from ground millet or corn). Spices: Kano cuisine is known for its use of aromatic spices, such as cumin, paprika, and ginger. These spices are used to flavor a wide range of dishes, from soups and stews to grilled meats and vegetables. Grilled meats: Kano is home to a thriving livestock...

You see everything is borrowed. Borrowed clothes, shoes, and all the innumerable possesions of life.  . Heck even time is borrowed and we're paying it back, by second, minute, hour and day until they pile up to weeks, months and years and then the reaper arrives to balance out.  . Ultimately, this life is borrowed. Just a brief stint here on earth which is no more than a reverie on a 15-minute ride home which ends even before it has begun.  Haidarwali 202212140703hrs 

Rapt attention has lost you. Random thoughts have stolen you away.  Wish I could gift you concentration.  Staring glassy-eyed, caged in a trance. I reach to pull you out of vortex. Slowly swallowed like in quicksand.  Then suddenly - snap - you return from reverie.  One moment as if eternity passed In a blink gone, then right back again.  .  Haidarwali 201612022236hrs

this place is brief  like a breath and then it dissappears morning is too abrupt a hiccup, choking  I seek you in everything no thing, is there some thing, like despair  tears are gone except for canyons carved, ridges of pain  do you see me or am I gone?  . Haidarwali 202211252321hrs 

views are dependant upon where we stand  elevation gives us world-view yet denying clarity little details  a zoom-in guarantees  while larger picture blurs with focus yet, horizon is not the end  rather, think new beginnings...  verily, starting point of dreams  is furtherest point we see vistas lying in waiting to blossom before our eyes  flowers blooming  foliage unwrapping  as horizon beckons  let heart and mind be open  to boldly explore  that which lies ahead.  . Haidarwali 202211100726hrs 

Ku fa mutan Injeria kun cika son sharholiya wallahi! Yo in banda sharholiya, ina ku ina cin kayan dadi da shan leman gwangwani bayan duk duniya kowa tsuke aljihu yake yi don neman sauki dagaibtila'i na hauhawar farashi da karyewar tattalin arziki!  . Maimakwon a dan sami gurasa ko rogo, ko su mutan Zaria su dan yafa fate, a kora da farau-farau ko ruwan randa me dan sanyi.  . Toh tunda dai ba kwa son ku daidaita al'amura da kanku zamu daidaita zaman kowa! Gashi nan yanzu duk wannan nairorin du aka je aka boye sai an dawo mana da su, ma ga ta tsiya! Dama aron kudin aka bayar, zamu karbe kayanmu, in yaso duk wanda yake son sabon kudi, ya je ya yi noma!  . Kuma kowa ya shirya, don mun gama tsari da Majalissar dinkin Kasar Sharholiya...ai, af in nufin Kasar Injeriya za'a fito da sabon tsari shekara mai zuwa na gudanar da tattalin arziki.  . Babban maqasudin wannan sabon tsarin shi ne duk wanda yake son ya sha jar miya, toh kuwa sai ya yi noma ya yi girbi. An daina mana za...

Duk mai sharholiya, ba zai sha ba, jar miya... Don ita shan ta, sai wanda ya duqa, ya girbe ya auna tiya... Yar masarar nan, gero, dawa sannan hado da shinkafa ta cin jar miya!  Ya ku 'lazy yut' ku koma gona ku rabu da wata aba wai ita 'Pi' da zata fashe, makauniya... Ku kama dahir, tsohon ciniki, inji Baba a hudubarsa ta jiya.  Mu dama duk bama sharholiya... Don haka muna nan muna shirin shan jar miya!  Sauran kiris a gama taraliya... . Maje Amin 202211050820hrs 

. you love it with the tenderness of the air which envelopes us even as we are unaware.  . the arrival, may yet be boon or curse, depending on forward party sent forth by twilight.  .  whose main goal may be to rise out of the ashes as energy can neither be more or less.  .  be not decieved by appearances for the elements must yet give account.  . every crevice and rock must be unearthed, no matter the pains,  to shroud mystery in a garment of clarity,  . till illusion succumbs to the pummels of lucidity,  . and make hallucinations homeless, bereft of power to muster even a retort;  . yes my Brother! The tyranny of fatigue knows no bounds, as it will even spread a mattress of thorns for your torture.  . which is why insomnia will always be in business,  . till that final third, the treasured, when all is answered and even more.  . yet still, fates can be recouped in a mouthful of tongue-movements, whose utterance is sweete...

There are so many things that are not going well and for each one there are solutions that only need someone to take the initiative and start at the very least.  . Changing things doesn't need one to have all the answers figured out or to have all the resources needed to effect change, but rather the will to take the very first step and proactively seek to initiate the change and slowly and surely it will happen.  . That is why I always like to think of what can be done about what we are complaining about instead of wasting too much time on whining about how things have gone wrong.  . For in reality, we are all capable of igniting the change we so desire!  . Haidarwali

"The bird's voice traced notes and as the sun shone, light painted upon the canvas in the air!"  .  Haidarwali

 You see I always find stations - train, bus, airports and seaports - fascinating, because they depict the reality of how life is. Arrivals and departures, the never-ending hustle and bustle, regardless of what happens to individual travelers: life.goes.on! Again, take something like roads. There are so many of them; each with their final destinations, or not! Some are just circles that cycle round bringing you back to where you started. Like an old, old man that's back to the state of infancy when he could actually do nothing for himself. This,...after possessing the height and might of life! Another is seasons. Each with their uniqueness, seeming eternal, promising to last with their utter, outer vividness. The rains and greens would make you forget...until barrenness and desolation set in. And every year the seasons never fail to do this see-saw if only to make us learn that nothing is permanent in life. Much to ponder, much to learn in the gift of consciousness we've been g...

. The other day lost in thought, I wondered Wandering to escape... I thought I saw you In the crowd Amongst the throng In the clouds... It seems like eons ago We chanced Upon destiny on its way To meet fate... I've traced back steps To the beginning Only to find awaiting Eternity... Of thoughts, of wishes Of visions, of dreams Of everything That could ever be... This place That has imprisoned me Where can I go To be free... Haidarwali 202210061953hrs