Daily Diary (DD) - Day 90 of 2025

2357hrs:

I have come mighty close to losing everything again...with barely 3 minutes to spare... 

Inexcusable! 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 89 of 2025

0509hrs:

Getting sharper not long after our final Sehri of Ramadhan 2025.

That 0500hrs start every day is our enviable target. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 88 of 2025

1433hrs:

Totally forgot about writing this morning at the appointed time. 

In Bhimber for public consultation and preparing to proceed to Chamb, to meet the demands of my Hindu brethren who lived there pre 1971.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 87 of 2025

1121hrs:

I missed Sehri today for the first time in a while. It doesn't matter, though it makes our fast today all the more interesting and challenging. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 86 of 2025

1211hrs:

I did remember at about a quarter past 5 this morning but was too tired to write at that time. 

Now fresh and ready to tackle the bazaar of Chowki before I proceed on my walk towards Smaahni....

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 85 of 2025

0513hrs:

It is convenient that our optimum time for daily weblogging almost coincides with the time to close Sehri in Ramadhan.

Let us see how we fare beyond this holy month. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 84 of 2025

0520hrs:

Again, too busy elsewhere to be punctual. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 83 of 2025

0457hrs:

Blogging 3 minutes before the optimum time can be considered as beginning to make up for the lapse in punctuality hitherto. 

Long may this continue. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 82 of 2025

1653hrs:

Again, I forgot to blog this morning at 0500hrs. Nevertheless, I have remembered much earlier than yesterday. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 81 of 2025

2323hrs:

It seems that I totally forgot about blogging this morning at 0500hrs, despite being fully awake. 

We learn that checking what one did in the morning is necessary in the evening, otherwise there is much to lose from carelessness or oblivion. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 80 of 2025

0508hrs:

I would have been late by just 4 minutes rather than the 8 minutes that I was, if the internet service had been a bit kinder. Of that there is little chance under the current prevailing structure of mis-governance in the territory, dubiously described as AJK. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 79 of 2025

0545hrs:

Missed the boat once again, despite being awake and free after Sehri to input today's brief note at the optimum time of 0500hrs.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 78 of 2025

2058hrs:

Missing Sehri in Ramadhan also means delaying our daily post. 

Every day involves walking about 10 kilometres and also attending the Courts of Kotli, which all evidence suggests that it needs to be shutdown. 

I'm focussed on that despite the main mission of reaching Sharda by the 18th of April. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 77 of 2025

0511hrs:

Almost missed a trick there by just realising that 0500hrs is the best of starts to the day - in my context - and I almost forgot. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 76 of 2025

0504hrs:

Just 4 minutes later than the appointed time to begin the day, by gearing one's thoughts into a sequence nice and early. 

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 75 of 2025

0547hrs:

Only 47 minutes later than the ideal time to post on a daily basis. 

On the 179th anniversary of a highly contentious date in the history of this territory, that gestated pre and post 16 March 1846 to a modern nation State, with a similar European colonial involvement as witnessed throughout the world a century later. 

Every transaction has its pros and cons. In the matter of Statecraft even more so. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 74 of 2025

2333hrs:

This has been my best start to the year so far in 20 years of.....attempting to publish a daily public post of my thoughts; though I am pushing my luck a bit by inputting this late in the day. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 73 of 2025

2126hrs:

Slightly earlier and better than yesterday but still very far from efficient. 

We're back on the road today. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 72 of 2025

2333hrs:

Leaving our daily input dangerously late again. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 71 of 2025

1612hrs:

This 3rd break from my #Sehnsa2Sharda journey is also taking longer than anticipated. However, we are almost ready to re-begin this journey for the 4th and final phase which should take me back to Andhrala Katera in Khuiratta. 

Then onto Khuiratta town, then Charoi, then Smaahni (if time permits) before venturing back up North to Khaigalla, from where I will take the straight route (though I will need to touch Bagh city) towards Muzaffarabad division and onto Sharda, to reach there by April the 18th.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 70 of 2025

1808hrs:

Inputting today's entry almost on the stroke of iftaar. 

A lot of thoughts mixed with a proportionate amount of action. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 69 of 2025

1638hrs:

Back to work with relish and purpose, as is needed.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 68 of 2025

1623hrs:

Much of a rest day today before the inevitable storm.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 67 of 2025

0733hrs:

The previous night has been an all-nighter. The first in a very long time. 

The demands of public interest work demanded such. I hope I can avoid it in future, as I have been doing.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 66 of 2025

2254hrs:

It's never wise to leave our daily diary input so late.

A lot of civil commotion is being generated by the inhumane system of governance here. The young students of this territory are sensing the heat and will no doubt react imminently.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 65 of 2025

1426hrs:

The best feature of Ramadan is the daily practice of self-control. 

Those who control themselves control their destiny and the world we live in. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 64 of 2025

1856hrs:

Have returned home after spending just over 24 hours in our district capital Kotli.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 63 of 2025

2017hrs:

That thought of Leonardo da Vinci really chimed late last night. 

So late yet it should have been included in yesterday's diary, as it flashed just beyond 2300hrs on that date.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 62 of 2025

2041hrs:

It's been a tense day, even infuriating at times but I will always remain in control of my temperament and maintain decisions that only reflect public interest, equivalent to the national interest of JKA. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 61 of 2025

1925hrs:

The first day of Ramadhan in 2025 went quite well, despite me not being able to awake for Sehri. When I did eventually get up at 1000hrs I also managed to walk 3 odd kilometres and back, without too much difficulty.

In the evening, just before breaking my fast at c. 1802hrs I also managed to take a walk to the graveyard to visit my naani.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 60 of 2025

1245hrs:

Getting noticeably stronger and more in tune with my daily duties than I have been for the past 2 weeks or so. 

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