In a modest workshop filled with the fragrance of seasoned wood, 78-year-old Ghulam Mohammad Zaz continues a craft his family has preserved for eight generations — the making of the Kashmiri santoor.
Surrounded by tools that have outlived artisans, he works slowly, each strike and polish echoing centuries of tradition crafting the musical instrument.
"Seven generations have worked, and I am the eighth; I have no guarantee anyone after me will do this work," Zaz said softly, speaking in Kashmiri.
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