Tag: Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad


  • Based on the oral history by Kashmirโ€™s ace chronicler, Zareef Ahmad Zareef, the author in this piece narrates the iconic street of Srinagarโ€™s unique brands and characters that made it illustrious for generation to come. Fronting Prime Minister Bakshi Ghulam Mohammadโ€™s MA Road mainstay, the iconic Poloview market literally had a blazing beginning in fiery…

  • After Akbarโ€™s invading army faced an โ€˜oppressedโ€™ hatredโ€”โ€œPogi moghulโ€โ€”for being the first alien arm-twisters in the valley, the koshur slang only progressed with political shades and slurs throughout its โ€œNaya Kashmirโ€ resurgent phases.ย  As the two political pals rose to address the monarchy-liberated masses in Kashmirโ€™s Red Square in the late forties, the celebrated Persian…