Tribute to Maqbool Bhat

Roshni Ka Shaheed e Awwal (First Martyr for the Light) Father of Kashmiri Nation Shaheed Mohammad Maqbool Bhat From Birth To Gallows

Compiled by Mohammad Hussain Altaf

Publisher= Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, Maqbool Manzil, Srinagar Kashmir.

Year of Publication= Not Mentioned

Price= Rs 120                                               Pages= 260 urdu+65 english+11 coloured

Kashmiris have been fighting for their basic rights for many centuries now, and during all these centuries of struggle countless people have dedicated and sacrificed their lives for keeping the resistance aflame but most of these resistance forces have died as unsung heroes and their sacrifices for the cause are still in oblivion. The writers, intellectuals(if any) and historians of Kashmir are the culprits of this gross negligence as they have not done justice to their profession by documenting nothing about these great sons of soil. Even in the contemporary times none has tried to research, locate and document about their lives and work. Even the big stalwarts among them like Mohammad Maqbool Bhat who was hanged in Tihar Jail on 11 February, 1984 is a victim of this apathy as nothing substantial is available on his life, thought, ideology and political activities.

Mohammad Hussain Altaf, a Political Activist of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) rather than any historian or political analyst has tried to fill this void by compiling the letters, press statements, interviews, writings, press conferences and speeches of Mohammad Maqbool Bhat in a book titled Roshni Ka Shaheed e Awwal, before him another political activist and leader of JKLF(R) Tahir Mir penned down a small booklet on the life of Maqbool Bhat entitled as Maqbool Bhat Trehgam Sey Tihar Tak (Maqbool Bhat from Trehgam to Tihar), but that wasn’t so comprehensive as the present book under review is. Mohammad Hussain Altaf in his Preface to the collection writes that “The reality and facts about the lives and works of the genuine leaders and torch bearers of any nation are either distorted or hidden. This job is undertaken so that the nation would be kept away from its struggle and goal and to keep its people in perpetual sense of inferiority complex”.

eMail conversation between Me n Laila

Before going through this post consider that this is year 2022, i am married from last 5 years, we have a daughter of 3 years ...

Here is an actual conversation that happened between my wife laila and me. Please understand that to make it an interesting read I have included a few fight scenes, a few romance scenes and a few song and dance sequences.

Date: 7 January, 2022
Time: 7.00 pm IST
From: Laila [Laila@lifeclickz.in]
To: shakeeb [shakeeb@lifeclickz.in]

Subject: Late?

Are you going to be late today too?

Regards,
Laila

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Date: 7 January, 2022
Time: 7.09 pm IST
From: shakeeb [shakeeb@lifeclickz.in]
To: Laila [Laila@lifeclickz.in]

Subject: Re: Late?

Yes sweetheart. What about you? You too…late today? ;-)

Cheers,
shakeeb

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Date: 7 January, 2022
Time: 7.15 pm IST
From: Laila [Laila@lifeclickz.in]
To: shakeeb [shakeeb@lifeclickz.in]

Subject: Re: Re: Late?

Yes sweetheart.

BTW, hope you have dropped the cheque, sorted out the heater, and taken the DD in my father’s name?

*Didn’t like the sarcasm in your mail.

Regards,
Laila

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Date: 7 January, 2022
Time: 7.29 pm IST
From: shakeeb [shakeeb@lifeclickz.in]
To: Laila [Laila@lifeclickz.in]

Subject: Re: Re: Re: Late?

I was not at all sarcastic. Was just enquiring…for our daughter pari will be home alone till we reach.

*Yes, taken a DD for your father.

Cheers,
shakeeb

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Date: 7 January, 2022
Time: 7.15 pm IST
From: Laila [Laila@lifeclickz.in]
To: shakeeb [shakeeb@lifeclickz.in]

Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Late?

I didn’t like the way you reduced the DD for my father to a mere footnote.

BTW, I wanted to know what time you will be reaching coz I want you to have a word with our 3-year-old daughter tonight.

Regards,
Laila

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Can i talk to Some One

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Caller : Well... just tell my sister Annie Wan that our brother Noe Wan was involved in an accident. Noe Wan got injured and now Noe Wan is being sent to the hospital..

Operator : Look, if no one was injured and no one was sent to the hospital, then the accident isn't an urgent matter! You may find this hilarious but I don't have time for this!

Caller : You are so rude! Who are you?

Operator : I'm Saw Ree .

Caller : Yes! You should be sorry .. Now give me your name!!

Operator : That's what I said. I'm Saw Ree .

Caller : Oh.....God....... 

Eid Ul Adha Mubarak

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why i have never had a girl friend | owais wani

First things first , I don’t have a girl friend primarily because girls don’t like me. Now after shrugging off the responsibility of stating the obvious . I , for the benefit of my readers would like to go into the lesser known , lesser obvious and more intellectual reasons( which naturally makes them less acceptable)


I have always been devoid of fascinations and deams. When I was in kindergarten I didn’t want toys . when I was in primary classes I didn’t want video games. When I grew little older I didn’t want a bike . when I got into the “10+2” stage I didn’t want good grades. And , as expected by now , all throughout these years I didn’t think about having a girlfriend.



Modern day wisdom and hence pre-planning is not something associated with me. As such I could never hope of getting into a relation with the notion of leaving it with the it-didn’t-work-out excuse. This ,to my mind , is another strong reason of my failure on this front.