How Mirza Kamil Chowk Became Bihari Chowk
Srinagar, Sept. 6 -- Kashmir, Observer, Jammu, Srinagar, Latest Kashmir News, Kashmir News, Kashmir Latest News
The square bearing the name of a saint has become a victim of the reckless name-calling over the years thus leaving the locals anguished and annoyed at the "new identity".
By Syed Burhan
SHAHNAWAZ Khan has been running a grocery shop at the busy Mirza Kamil Chowk for more than two decades now - the epoch when Kashmir's all-weather architecture became fair-weather showpieces: cold in winter, hot in summer.
At the heart of this sweeping change was the influx of the labour class from the Ganges-the cut-rate sand-iron-cement workforce -whose identity would stay with the square known for its spiritual distinctiveness.
The changi...
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