Born in 1934 in a middle class Kashmiri Pandit
family in Srinagar, Girdhari Lal Jalali had his
early schooling in rural areas of the Valley
where his father was employed as a revenue
official. He passed his graduation from Amar
Singh College in Srinagar. He did his masters in
English, History, and Education at Punjab
University and Kashmiri University respectively.
He joined State Education Department and served
it in different capacities. Mr. Jalali is a
voracious reader of books on politics and
philosophy. Apart from being a well-known
educationist and teacher, he has currently
earned reputation as a freelance journalist
whose thought provoking write-ups have been
published from time to time in national dailies
and journals.
For sometime he
was the Associate Editor of the Daily
Samachar Post published from Srinagar and
Delhi. At present he is the Executive Editor of
the widely circulated and only English Weekly on
the Jammu and Kashmir Affairs - Kashur
Gazette.
His By The Way column in the Kashur
Gazette has won him kudos and enhanced his
fame as veteran Kashmir Pandit Journalist whose
range of the knowledge of Kashmir history, world
affairs and facile pen he wields touch the
watermark of excellence.
