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Brewing the concotion
65 year old Osman Ahmed,popularly known as "Osman cha-cha"(uncle)delivered carpets due to be sold in Kolkata,which his employer sent from Kashmir.After the Kargil war in 1999 he and his family fled to Kolkata,leaving everything behind.Now he runs a stall where he makes sharbat from the Bel fruit (Aegle marmelos- popular for its immense health benefits) every morning catering to a good number of people.Osman's sharbat business has been flourishing lately,helping him earn a decent livelihood.