The Regiment had to stay alert during this period as there were rumors of badmashes along the way.
Among the former were some who inhabited the twilight zone between legality and illegality, provoking the image of the Muslim badmashes (rogue-criminals).
Recently, the role has been expanded, asking for NATO troops to sally forth and actively pursue badmashes, bandits and holdover terrorists elsewhere.
Displaying spontaneity, he assured the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister - who he said thinks he was a ‘big badmash’ - that he would not take off his shirt.
And the visitor would sheepishly admit both, his rascality and his obedience, by saying: ‘We are sarkari badmashes.’
Origin
From Urdu, from Persian bad 'evil' + Arabic ma‘āš 'means of livelihood'.