Mr. Noorani moved to the United States in 1981, and settled in Chicago where he works as a professional real-estate investor. He is a well regarded member of the Ismaili community in Chicago, a long term member of the Midwest Ismaili Pipe Band, a qualified arbitrator, a social services activist and a traveler. He has served as the Executive Director of Chicago's Asian American Coalition and as member of various governmental and non-governmental organizations in Chicago. Sadruddin is also considered a diplomat within the community since he served as a community-based-organization liaison for many years.
Sadruddin was very adventurous even as a young boy. When he was six years old he was a cub-scout leader for a group of 12 boys and he enthusiastically performed his community outreach activities. He played bagpipe in Pakistan since childhood, and was a bagpipe enthusiast in the Aga Khan band in Bangladesh. He fondly recalls patangbazi [kite flying] and kabutarbazi [pigeon races], and remembers how his friends in Bangladesh taught him how to rear and train pigeons on rooftops. Resources
My name is Sadruddin Noorani. INTERVIEWED BY Isabel Gonzalez-Smith http://www.firstdaysproject.org/story/sadruddin-noorani Sadruddin Noorani collection at the South Asian Digital Archives. |
On his service to the community and expectations from the next generation
Travels in his childhood
On growth on Devon Avenue
Memories from home
As a bagpiper
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