Ghulam Qadir Seeno, a man in his late seventies, has earned himself the title of ‘Pickle King of Kashmir’. ‘Senoo Kashmiri Pickles’ in Habba Kadal area of Srinagar specializes in preparing more than 100 different varieties of pickles. There are several varieties of pickles made from apricot, amla (gooseberry), garlic, lemons, haak, mutton, chicken and fish. There are pickles of natural products like mango, cherry and seeds like carom (ajwain) available in his shop. Seeno was a transporter and had five trucks that used to transport goods across India. He used to drive one of the trucks but he lost his business and his two sons in the conflict, and since, over thirty years now has been making and selling pickles.















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