Ghareebkhana is another name for one’s home. Gharib means not
wealthy or poor. Humility dictates to call one’s own home a ghareebkhana and of others
as daulatkada, ie a house of opulence.
There is another angle to it. Gharib also means one who is
away from home ie one who has gone west (gharb). So Gharibkhana is the home
away from home.
So it is. We have left our homes, moved west and adopted
this land as ours. In time this becomes your home.
Welcome to my home, my Ghareebkhana. I hope the time you
spend here is warm and enjoyable, and when you leave you take something memorable
with you and feel like coming again.
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