Syeda hameed biography for kids

It was not until many years later that I saw Jamia.

Let this opening serve as a method.

As a child when I came with my parents for our weekly visits to Saliha’s house in Jamia, I realized the import of frugal living. While everything was neatly ordered in her home, there was a quiet air of restraint; even at meals we were careful to take small portions.

That practice of restraint was familiar because we knew it in our own home in Lutyens Delhi. Father’s salary supported a large household plus there were family members in the staff quarters.

She was born in in Panipat, a centre of learning renowned for its Sufi tradition.

She was born in in Panipat, a centre of learning renowned for its Sufi tradition.

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Jamia’s privation, for us children, was stark since there was no running water, no electricity. Along the dirt road which led to staff houses there were bajri (red gravel) paths lined with kikar and bubool trees. Water was pulled from the hand pump in the inner courtyard, plus from a well in the backyard.

At night there were oil lanterns for every use, eating, reading, toilet or just sitting around. Saliha hovered over her favourite brother and his wife, attending to their every co