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‘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.

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