SANGAM SANDAL, LOVE IN TOKYO HAIR CLIPS AND SLACKS MOLVI IN KASHMIR.

                                     

SANGAM SANDAL, LOVE IN TOKYO HAIR CLIPS  AND   SLACKS MOLVI   IN KASHMIR ..

(Photo Women's College Maulana Azad Road Srinagar)

 

 I vividly remember three things becoming extremely popular in Kashmir during the 70s of the last century. These three items were Sangam sandals, Love in Tokyo hair clips and Slacks. These things were considered trendy and fashion symbols in middle-class families. Both Pandit and Muslim girls sought them. I found my relations and family members using them. Films introduced these trendy items.

 Slacks gained immense popularity amongst college going girls after Sadhana, Asha Parekh and some other leading actresses of that period wore it in some movies. There was a Molvi in Kashmir known as Slacks Molvi  ( actual name Mohd Sultan ). Suddenly he emerged on the landscape after Slacks became a part of the dress amongst college girls. He would be seen around Residency Road in Srinagar with a stick in his hand. He would walk along the women's college and admonish young college girls for putting on slacks, a popular lower outfit that looked like a skin-tight legwear. It was quite popular among college girls during those days.

 With a stick in his hand, sometimes the Slacks Molvi would run after college girls who wore slacks.

 And then, one day I was told by my sister that Slacks Molvi was seen outside Vishwa Bharati Women's College at Rainawari in Srinagar city. He would also go to women's college at Nawakadal. However, his main area of operation was around Women's College Maulana Azad Road in Srinagar city.

 Slacks Molvi had created fear in the minds of the college-going girls during those days.Finally, Miss Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah, the then principal Women's College, Maulana Azad Road, Srinagar, lodged a complaint with Kothi Bagh police station against harassment of  Slacks Molvi. That complaint by Miss Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah brought smiles on so many faces.

(Avtar Mota)

  
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