Diwali turns sombre for Rajasthani families who lost their Kashmiri ‘brother’

Srinagar, Nov 08: The festival of lights brought an unusual silence to the roadside toy stalls outside Children's Hospital and JVC Hospital in Srinagar this Diwali. The colourful toys remained untouched, the stalls stayed closed and families who had travelled from Rajasthan to earn a living in Kashmir chose not to celebrate. For them, Sunday was not a day of festivities but one of mourning. Umer Hajam, a Kashmiri man who had stood by them for nearly five years, died in a road accident at Haji Ba

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