Ram Nath Tickoo- End of a Legacy, Muslims Help Perform the Last Rites of Renowned Pandit in Shopian
Mir Irfan
When Kashmiri Pandits left the Kashmir valley in the early 90, a very few chose to stay behind, including five families in Zainapora area of Shopian in South Kashmir, one of these families headed by Kanth Ram Tickoo.
A Teacher by profession, Ram Nath Tickoo was a corporate employee and was closely threaded to his Kashmiri roots. "Despite many others, friends leaving, he choose to stay back home and lived here happily for the rest of his life till he passed away late on Wednesday night," one of his family member today.
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