Her Daily Doses

Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met? A visit to my hometown today brought back the memories of school days to me and tears to the eyes of my mother who was among the first few teachers appointed in the school in 1972. The most…

Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car). When I was 20,I went to a bookshop with my cousin. I wished to buy this book_Diwani Galib,but Rs.125 was a huge sum for me.I picked this book several times,turned its pages and kept it back.…

What podcasts are you listening to? I don’t listen to podcasts. I listen to music. https://share.google/OMFVFm55GphEYJ4gp Listen.

What was your favorite subject in school? Mathematics was my favourite subject in school.

How do you manage screen time for yourself? This prompt reminded me of Dr. Sudhir S.Bloeria,an IAS officer who served J&K as Chief Secretary from Nov.2002 to Sep.2005. He was a friend of my father and when I visited him along with my father some years back,he was using ‘Nokia…

Do you need time? My father passed away at 8p.m on the 25th of January,2024.The night intervening on the 25th and 26th was both the shortest and longest for me.Shortest, because I wished to look more and more at the gentle face as I knew it was his last night…

What will your life be like in three years? I would have imagined what my life would be like in three years,if yesterday me and my friends wouldn’t have discussed the groundbreaking Quantum Research which reveals that time might not flow in a straight line from past to future.Instead it…

(A holiday for sharing and caring) Invent a holiday! Explain how and why everyone should celebrate. The theme of this holiday will be गम की साअत में नसीहत के लिए एक ज़माना है तुम ज़माना न बनो तुम ने बनना है तो गमखार बनो (anonymous) In a world Full of…

Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live? I would like to re-live the years when my father was alive. Reading Mahananda’s post,the comments,the replies I recalled a song by poet Khalil u Rahman. I remembered only one line of this song.Thamks to Google,the song is…

What historical event fascinates you the most? The historical event that fascinates me the most is the role of Miss Muriel P. Mallinson in the growth of modern education among girls in the valley of Kashmir.When Christian Missionaries opened the first girl’s school at Fateh Kadal Srinagar in 1895,they had…

What’s something you believe everyone should know. Make your heart your primary guide as heart and not the head leads us to the path of truth,love and peace. Mind has a thousand conflicts.It fails to see human beings as one and divides them on the basis of religion,caste ,creed ,…

What does it mean to be a kid at heart? A ‘Kid at heart’ means to be a mother of three beautiful, wonderful daughters with whom you live your life again and again three times,doing all the things you did as a kid and doing what had been left. With…

You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for? My first wish was  to visit Chrysanthemum Garden (Bag-e-Gul-Dawood) at Nehru Memorial Botanical Garden, Srinagar. No Genie needed to fulfill this wish.So I got up and went there.A beautiful garden featuring more than one lakh chrysanthemums from over 50…

Describe a family member. I have never seen my father wearing any colour other than white and grey(except for a black coat during his service which was part of his uniform). White colour is seen when an object reflects all visible wavelengths of light.Like this colour,my father reflects(he still is…

What is your favorite form of physical exercise? A and B were two politicians.A could address public gatherings for hours together,but B could not say a word. So whenever there was a public gathering ,A would address the gathering first. B would always say,”Whatever I wanted to say has already…

How much would you pay to go to the moon? My dear friends on WordPress from all the places of the world, don’t spend your hard earned money to go to the moon,neither will I,where you have to take  even oxygen and water from here and then work hard to…

What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in? At 25,I was interested in any job.I needed money for myself and for my family.Any job would have done,but I was lucky to get three.After going through written tests and interviews,I got the appointment letter from India Posts.I was…

What food would you say is your specialty? Early morning the strong aroma of spices to be put in Amti-Bhat reached me.I peeped and saw everybody busy in kitchen. So I left home and went to the shrine of  Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom,a 16th century saint. The shrine is located on Southern…