"Once upon a time there was a king named Firoz shah, who ruled over Kashmir. His wife was sitting near the window, she saw a woman selling fish. She asked her if she had any female fish. The fish-selling woman said, NO, I have only male fish. With this the woman moved ahead. As she moved forward, the queen heard the laughter of a fish. The queen was surprised. She thought that the fish was laughing at her. She got annoyed and rushed to the king. She narrated the whole incident to him. But the king could not decide what to do. He called Prime Minister Hussain who was very intelligent. The king narrated the whole incident and asked the minister to solve the riddle – why the fish had dared to laugh at the queen. The king further said, I give you fifteen days to solve the riddle and if you fail, you will be beheaded.
Hussain thought deeply and decided to set out on a journey to unfold the puzzle the next day.
He met an old farmer named Rehman on his way who was going to pahalgam. Hussain thought of making friends with him who might help him in solving the riddle. Thus, Hussain accompanied him to Phalgam.
During the journey, Hussain said to him, It would be better for us to take each other alternately during the journey. Rehman could not get the meaning of Hussain and preferred to keep quiet. While they were passing through a field of maize, Hussain again asked Rehman could not understand the words and said, I...