Madhosh Balhami

Ghulam Mohammad Bhat (born 1966), known by his pen name Madhosh Balhami, is a Kashmiri poet. He started writing poetry following the deaths of his parents, and soon turned to natural, spiritual, and political themes.He is often called "The Poet of Resistance".He is particularly known for his recitation of elegies composed for the funerals of militants in Kashmir. On 15 March 2018, Madhosh Balhami lost his house and thirty years of written poetry to a fire in the middle of a gun battle between Indian soldiers and Rebels.

In 2020, a seven-episode documentary series about his life and poetry, ''Madhosh Balhami: The Poet of Perseverance'', was released on YouTube by Delhi-based filmmakers Mohammad Irfan Dar and Mohammad Gowhar Farooq. Provided by Wikipedia