Kamil's collection of short stories, "Kathi Manz Kath" (Story within Story) published in mid-60s includes his most highly regarded work, "Kokar Jang" (The Cockfight). The Cockfight is considered as the most popular story in the Kashmiri literature. It has been translated into many Indian languages and has appeared in English translation in anthologies such as "Indian Short Stories 1900–2000" edited by I. Vi. Ramakrishan; "Contemporary Kashmiri Short Stories" edited by Hriday Kaul Bharati, Neerja Mattoo; Kamil has a special talent for blending humour, irony and politics/social comment in his stories as well as poems. As an example of this, in his poems, is "Taay Nama" published in mid-80s. Kamil's poems as well as stories frequently comment on the socio-political situation of Kashmir. In this connection, his story "Sawal Chu Kaluk" [https://web.archive.org/web/20071106021144/http://www.kashmiraffairs.org/Literature.html Enigma has received much acclaim.