Srinagar, Oct. 5 -- A book launch ceremony for "Sharifon Ka Mohalla", a collection of short stories by renowned broadcaster and writer Hussain Zaffar, popularly known as Ratan Puri, was held on Sunday at Tagore Hall in Srinagar.

The event was organised by Triple Zed Publications and witnessed an overwhelming response from literature lovers.

Speaking at the ceremony, Zaffar revealed that the book was published almost "by accident". "I had no intention of publishing this book. I am an unstable person in that sense. I don't even know where my 30 years of poetry or earlier stories went," he said. "One of my friends, Zahoor Haigami, collected these stories and insisted that I print them. Keeping his love in mind, I agreed."

Zaffar said the ...