Ghulam Mohammad Khan, Author at INVERSE JOURNAL

Ghulam Mohammad Khan

Ghulam Mohammad Khan was born and raised in Sonawari (Bandipora), an outlying town located on the wide shores of the beautiful Wullar Lake. Ghulam Mohammad believes that literature is the most original and enduring repository of human memory. He loves the inherent intricacies of language and the endless possibilities of meaning. In his writing, he mainly focuses on mini-narratives, local practices and small-scale events that could otherwise be lost forever to the oblivion of untold histories. Ghulam Mohammad considers his hometown, faith and family to be most important to him. He writes for a few local magazines and newspapers. His short story collection titled The Cankered Rose is his first major forthcoming work.

A Shepherd Boy — A Short Story by Ghulam Mohammad Khan

January 28, 2022 | Fiction

Ghulam Mohammad Khan presents a short story in which a shepherd goes through his daily routine of taking his sheep to “a dozen deep and wide verdant folds of a mountain” for the habitual grazing. However, a series of untimely events disrupts the protagonist’s peace in a secluded pastoral world and plunges him into the depth of uncertainty, paranoia, and fear. The setting of the story is elusive and unspecified, adding greater emphasis to the tense and escalating action narrated in the first person. Due to explicit use of language in certain parts,
reader discretion is advised.