Bandipora: Ishfaq Qadir a student of Chatibandy Bandipora penning down the feelings of the people of his area in books gives credit for writing books about the life and culture of Kashmir to his parents, friends and teachers.
Talking to Kashmir Horizon Ishfaq said “I express my heartfelt gratitude to my family and friends. Especially, I want to thank Yasir Sir, Mubashir Sir and Irfan Fayaz Gaazi Sir for supporting me every time. My journey would never be possible without them”.
Saying that the concept of writing books about the life and culture of Kashmir was born in him from the day when his father starting narrating the tales of good old days of Kashmir to him , the author of many books on life and culture of Kashmir Ishfaq said “ my father was talking about Kashmir and explain all about what was Kashmir then and what is Kashmir now”.
Saying that he started writing book about his own feelings and feelings of the people of his area about Kashmir from the day of his first conversation with his father the Chatibandy student Ishfaq said “for this propose, I invited different authors from other parts of Kashmir valley and put their feelings in the book.I am also co-author of another book ( The Creative Minds).He said the main source of inspiration of writing this book is the coolest, smartest, and most amazing man in the world and i get to call him papa.