Altaf Hussain (21 de febrero de 2007). «Indian Idol creates Kashmir stir». British Broadcasting Corporation. Consultado el 2 de diciembre de 2010. «Many Kashmiris have been emboldened to join the singing contest after a young man from downtown Srinagar, Kazi Tauqeer, won a music contest on another show on Sony TV last year.»
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Territory of desire: representing the Valley of Kashmir. Consultado el 2 de diciembre de 2010. «The unpredictable consequences of such contradictory embedding are exemplified in the runaway success of Qazi Touqeer, a teenager from Srinagar, within the inaugural run of Fame Gurukul (India's version of Fame Academy). Week after week from July to October 2005, millions of text messages from across India returned to the Gurukul the contestant of some dubious singing talent but unmistakable charisma. His cocky persona, "exotic" looks, and unconventional hairstyle hairstyle evoked hysteria and adulation on a scale that boded well for his progression toward the real dream: to be a Bollywood star. Fame Gurukul brought this dream within reach. The young man grew up mimicking Indian film heroes in the Mughal Gardens of Srinagar, posting in front of a video camera held by his brother, was soon ensconced in Bombay, with agents, a flashy car, and a fat contract with Sony Television, marketed and adored as the small-town hero who conquered the deterritorialized India of cable TV...As Qazi declards in "Hero," "Arrey, public ne mujha chuna!" - "Hey, it's the public that's chosen me!" - we may rightly wonder: which "public"? "At last the Valley has its own hero," was the praise showered on to Qazi Touqeer by none other than the Indian president.»
