Her Daily Doses

What is your all time favorite automobile? Favourite automobile is the vehicle with which sweetest memories are attached.My all time favourite is my school bus.Bashir Ahmad Kar(the driver of school bus) whom all lovingly called Bash Maam(Maam means Maternal Uncle) was a kind,smiling man who remembered each and every student’s…

How are you creative?   Olives Garden,Rajbagh Srinagar I honour every artist,young and old,boys and girls who took part today in an Event organised by Canvas Community at Olives Garden,Rajbagh.Owner of this beautiful hotel and restaurant is Mr.Faizan,a civil engineer,down to earth person,who encourages young minds,gives them wings to fly…

Share what you know about the year you were born. I know that Bangladesh was born in the same year. Rest you can google.

Are you a good judge of character? एक कुत्ता रस्ते के बीच में बैठा था जब एक आदमी ने उस कुत्ते से कहा कि उसको सड़क के बीच में नहीं, किनारे पर बैठना चाहिए तो कुत्ते ने बोला ,”में सड़क के बीच में इस लिए बैठा हु ताकि मुझे बुरे…

When are you most happy? If our happiness is our copyright then we will find joy in every breath we take. If it isn’t then nothing can make us happy. I try to find joy in everyday things I do.Whether it is my daily routine or the extras. A fellow…

What was the last thing you did for play or fun? This spinning wheel (Charkha) belongs to my mother-in-law,AmiJi.She may have spun pashmina in her youth.When the old house in Downtown Srinagar was sold last year,I brought this Charkha here. Though my daughter wished it to be painted,I kept it…

List your top 5 grocery store items. Tough weather and tough times have conditioned us to store groceries.You never know what next morning will bring_too much snow or too much chaos to keep the markets closed.Milk is delivered at home,curd made at home,vegetables bought daily.In our language milkman is called…

Describe a man who has positively impacted your life. It was a call  for Strike (Hartal) in Kashmir.Shops closed,traffic nowhere and schools closed.I was posted in Boys High School.Our Headmaster had retired and a senior female teacher was incharge of the school.It was a hartal and like everybody else the…

Is your life today what you pictured a year ago? आगाह अपनी मोत से कोई बशर नहीं सामान सो बरस का पल की खबर नहीं (Hairat Allahabadi) Man unaware of his death prepares for a hundred years,yet can’t predict the next moment. In 2014, Kashmir witnessed the worst flood.Those staying in…

What skills or lessons have you learned recently? I have learnt the lesson that life has no Reverse Gear. We are not coming back to this beautiful world,so we should live our life to the fullest.We should treat this life as we are making a rich,nutritious bone broth,cleaning the bones,roasting…

What cities do you want to visit? जहां मोहब्बतों का राज हो जहां सच का तख्त व ताज हो जहां दिल मिलाने की बात हो न कि नफरतू  का साथ हो    वह अमीर हे यह गरीब हे    नहीं ऐसी कोई बात हो    चले मिल के काले गोरे…

Tell us one thing you hope people say about you. गम की साअत में नसीहत के लिए एक ज़माना हे यहाँ तुम ज़माना न बनो तुम ने बनना हे तो गमखार बनो“Gamkhar’ means a friend who feels your pain and stands with you in times of distress.I would like people…

Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech? जिंदगी के मंच पर रोज नये नाटक करती हूं में कई किरदार निभाती हूं,बेटी ,पत्नी,बहु , मां सब हूं मेंयह सब किरदार निभाते निभाते खुद को भूल गई हूंसब खुश रहे यह कोशिश करती हूंऔर मेरी अपनी खुशी किस में…

What are your favorite physical activities or exercises? अपनी मरज़ी से भी दो चार कदम चलने दे जिंदगी हम तेरे कहने पे चले है बरसूWalking is my favourite exercise.Not at a particular time.In summers,it is early morning.In winters,I walk in the afternoon.My favourite place to walk is around the Dal…

What is something others do that sparks your admiration? तेरे जहां की हर दिलकशी सलामत रहेमेरी निगाह तरसती है आदमी के लिये Yesterday while travelling to drop my husband at his workplace at 8a.m. a soldier stopped us.He wrote down the registration number of my car in a notebook and…

What could you do less of? We should be what we are. I was in class 9 when I left school from home covering my head with duppata.But once few metres away from home,I folded it and put it around my neck.In the evening my father told me,”If you don’t…

What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year? My father used to bring me fish from Wular Lake.Since his death,I never had any.I told this to my friend who is a Professor of Chemistry.On Friday,she travelled 50km to my hometown and bought fish which is…

Do you ever see wild animals? All of us have seen them They are more brutal than the ones living in jungles.They live with us,roam freely ,wear masks to resemble us and bring shame to our country everyday.From Nirbhaya to Doctor in Kolkata our Wildlife Department has failed to keep…

Do you have a favorite place you have visited? Where is it? All places are beautiful and worth visiting but it is the memories which make a place favourite.For me,it is  Boys High School Ompora in District Budgam.All colleagues were like a close knit family and then there were few…

Share five things you’re good at. My daughter, on a vacation, landed on Srinagar Airport without her luggage.As a mother I should have worried,but trust me I was happy and instead of filing a complaint,I thanked Indigo. If the duo(my daughter and luggage)would have landed simultaneously,it would have been like…