Homecoming Queen
Source: Kuwaitup2date The holiday season is a time of returning to the comfort, security & familiarity of home. Of being wrapped in the warm embrace of family & friends. However, for some homecoming is an unaffordable luxury. Every year several Indians shift abroad for work in search of a better life. Poverty & a limited skillset forces a majority to take up jobs as maids & labourers in Middle Eastern countries. While some of them have been at it since decades, others who have a hard time adjusting or are mistreated by sponsor families turn to Shaheen Sayyed. A woman with kind eyes & a voice reflective of grit aptly describes Sayyed. An NRI residing in Kuwait, she has been alleviating the plight of Indian maids & labourers for over 22 years. Several such workers want to return home but have little or no guidance. Sayyed decided to put her education to good use & help them out. So much so that her family retorts, “Jab tak aa...