‘Soon it will be like a museum’: the last rosewater shop in Kashmir
Abdul Aziz Kozgar’s family has been making rosewater for two centuries but the future is uncertain
On a bitterly cold morning near the banks of Jhelum River, Abdul Aziz Kozgar sits surrounded by the scent of roses, carrying the burden of legacy.
An ageing man with a trimmed white beard, Kozgar holds the poignant title of being the last maker of Arq-e-Gulab, or rosewater, in Kashmir.