WAJAHAT SHABIR
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 2: As non-local labors workers left the Kashmir valley, after the abrogation of Article 370, the demand for indigenous barbers have grown up. People have to travel a distance to look out for the indigenous barber to cut short their long hair and beard to look elegant and good-looking.
As per the reports, round about 22,000 barbers have left the valley with shutting their long running shops. Non-local barbers had gained demand and were popular among the young masses for cutting hair and for making different hairstyles. Non-local labors mostly form Uttar Pradesh and Bihar used to work around the Srinagar and was treated with love by locals.
"I have never been to native barber for haircut in my life, I used to visit saloon where non-locals used to work. I had grown my hair long, my family members told me to cut short the hair, so I had to lookout for local barber. We had a strong relationship with non-local barbers. We don't know, when they will return", said Aadil Amin.
There was not a single colony or lane across where non-local labors did not used to run a saloon shop. The shops are shut now with a message, "We have left the valley, we will come back soon, sorry for the inconvenience". Mudasir Shafi, a bride said that I am supposed to get married this week, and to good handsome I have to go through makeover, but it looks I have to settle down to simple thing. I had booked an appointment with renowned saloon here, but, he left valley and now I have to visit a local barber for restyling.
Showket Ahmad, an indigenous barber said, "I have a shop outside my home, very few people used to come to my shop for hairdo and shave. But from last two weeks I am expecting mammoth number of customers for haircut. I had to look out for another man to help me at the barber shop, but I could not find one as most of the indigenous barbers have left the profession way back". |
