I met this old lady back in 2017 while I was travelling from Karanagar to Peerbagh. She boarded the bus near Hyderpora bridge, a minute after boarding the bus, she told the bus conductor to stop near Syed Ali Geelani's residence. The bus conductor shouted at her and said...

"Kisne bola chadne ko, chalke jana tha na, saamne he tou tha", this lady must have been in her 80s and she was accompanied by another old lady, she too would have been in her 80s. I got really curious as to why they wanted to meet Syed Ali Geelani, I asked her this and she said..

"Mere 2 bete tehreeq (90s uprising) mai shaheed hogaye hai, iska (the lady accompanying her) ek beta bhi shaheed hoagya hai, shauhar pichle saal guzar gaya, mere ghar pe ab koi nahi hai, Geelani sahab se madat maangne ja rahi hu", we had this very brief conversation & the bus...

stopped near SAS Geelani's residence.When they were getting off the bus, the bus conductor asked for the bus fare and she did not have it, & he again started shouting at her, "Kya aise he chad jate ho agar paise nahi thei". Then a gentleman there said that he will pay their fare.

It is a short walk from where the bus stops to SAS Geelan's residence, I asked her if she knew where Geelani's residence is exactly and she said No, I accompanied them to SAS Geelani's residence and meanwhile she told me that She was from Kupwara and that it was due to...

her deteriorating health and old age that she thought of asking for help, I showed her SAS Geelani's home and she went inside and I left, IDK if she got any help or not but that day I learned two things, first that we have left the family of our martyrs to their fate, & second...

that we have no respect for them.

I had posted about her on my facebook handle on the same day when I met her, yesterday I reactivated my facebook after 2 years and thought of sharing this. For those asking "why was the bus conductor speaking in urdu?", because the lady was from Gujjar community.