Z. G. Muhammad

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Z. G. Muhammad
Zahid G M
Born	Zahid G Muhammad Nowhatta, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Pen name	Zahid G Muhammad
Occupation	Writer and columninst
Education	Islamia High School
Alma mater	Islamia College IIMC Jammu
Period	1982 - Present
Genre	Political history, nostalgia

Z. G. Muhammad is an Indian writer.

Early life, writings and education

Zahid G. Muhammad was born in

He contributed a permanent column Punchline on politics, culture and literature for the Greater Kashmir between 1988 and 1995. Also, he also wrote a permanent column, The Media-line on print and electronic media in the Greater Kashmir. Then later in March 2006, he resumed writing a weekly political column Punchline in the Greater Kashmir.

Participations

Zahid G Muhammad has participated and chaired many international conferences on Kashmir in London, Washington, D.C.,^[5] and Montevideo, which were regarding the resolution of the Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan.

Production

Muhammad wrote many short stories in Kashmiri and English. He also produced and wrote documentaries for Doordarshan Kashir.

Some prominent ones were:

• New tracts (a 5 episode documentary on economic treasures of Jammu and Kashmir).
• Unity is diversity (a ten-episode documentary on different ethnic groups of J&K).
• Reshi Tradition of Kashmir (six-episode documentary on the patron saint of Kashmir: Sheikh Noor-u-Din - Reshi tradition).
• 'Literary Legacy of Kashmir' (a six-episode documentary on the literary history of Kashmir).
• 'Hamare Sufi Shaer' (a ten episode documentary on Sufi Poets of Kashmir).
• Boatman of Kashmir (a two-episode documentary on the anthropological study of boatman of Kashmir for Doordarshan national network).
• Monuments of Kashmir (Documentary for Doordarshan National network in English).
• 'Nagama-Firdous' (a musical program).
• 'Poets of Kashmir' (From Mahjoor to Rehman Rahi) in 2001.
• Qaiser Mirza – Journalist with a difference (Documentary).

Books

• Can National Conference Survive? 1978.
• The Cindering Chinars, a collection of English short stories On Kashmir Struggle For Freedom 1996.^[6]
• The Icons of Kashmir Identity Published By Gulshan Publishers 2007^[7][8]
• Kashmir in War and Diplomacy Published by Gulshan Publishers 2007.^[9]
• Living Uncertainties: Kashmir, Problem and People.
• Srinagar – My City My Dreamland.^[10]
• Kashmir Story - Hope & Despair.^[11][12]
• Kashmir Changing Shades.^[13][14][15]

Awards

• 2012 29th Ahad Zargar Award for Contribution to the Heritage Literature of Kashmir.^[16]
• 2008 Gulshan Publication Award.

References