Pampore: 77-yr old Ali Mohammad Wani works in his ox-driven oil mill at Namblabal area of Pampore in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Wani rises before dawn and heads to the basement of his bedroom, where he blindfolds his ox and gets on with his daily job, operating the last 200 hundred year old ox-driven oil presses (Tilwaen Vaan). Time consuming process, laborious work and meagre income, the old -age tradition of extracting oil using these ox-driven mills is on the the verge of extinction in Kashmir as the machine extracted oil has now dominating the market for over three decades. Wani is the last operator of ox-driven oil presses (Tilwaen Vaan) in the valley. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan) (PTI02_09_2022_000030B)
Pampore: 77-yr old Ali Mohammad Wani works to filter the oil in his ox-driven oil mill at Namblabal area of Pampore in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Wani rises before dawn and heads to the basement of his bedroom, where he blindfolds his ox and gets on with his daily job, operating the last 200 hundred year old ox-driven oil presses (Tilwaen Vaan). Time consuming process, laborious work and meagre income, the old -age tradition of extracting oil using these ox-driven mills is on the the verge of extinction in Kashmir as the machine extracted oil has now dominating the market for over three decades. Wani is the last operator of ox-driven oil presses (Tilwaen Vaan) in the valley. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan) (PTI02_09_2022_000031B)
Pampore: 77-yr old Ali Mohammad Wani works in his ox-driven oil mill at Namblabal area of Pampore in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Wani rises before dawn and heads to the basement of his bedroom, where he blindfolds his ox and gets on with his daily job, operating the last 200 hundred year old ox-driven oil presses (Tilwaen Vaan). Time consuming process, laborious work and meagre income, the old -age tradition of extracting oil using these ox-driven mills is on the the verge of extinction in Kashmir as the machine extracted oil has now dominating the market for over three decades. Wani is the last operator of ox-driven oil presses (Tilwaen Vaan) in the valley. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan) (PTI02_09_2022_000032A)
Pampore: 77-yr old Ali Mohammad Wani shows mustard seeds as he works in his ox-driven oil mill at Namblabal area of Pampore in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Wani rises before dawn and heads to the basement of his bedroom, where he blindfolds his ox and gets on with his daily job, operating the last 200 hundred year old ox-driven oil presses (Tilwaen Vaan). Time consuming process, laborious work and meagre income, the old -age tradition of extracting oil using these ox-driven mills is on the the verge of extinction in Kashmir as the machine extracted oil has now dominating the market for over three decades. Wani is the last operator of ox-driven oil presses (Tilwaen Vaan) in the valley. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan) (PTI02_09_2022_000033A)
Pampore: 77-yr old Ali Mohammad Wani works in his ox-driven oil mill at Namblabal area of Pampore in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Wani rises before dawn and heads to the basement of his bedroom, where he blindfolds his ox and gets on with his daily job, operating the last 200 hundred year old ox-driven oil presses (Tilwaen Vaan). Time consuming process, laborious work and meagre income, the old -age tradition of extracting oil using these ox-driven mills is on the the verge of extinction in Kashmir as the machine extracted oil has now dominating the market for over three decades. Wani is the last operator of ox-driven oil presses (Tilwaen Vaan) in the valley. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan) (PTI02_09_2022_000034A)
Pampore: 77-yr old Ali Mohammad Wani works in his ox-driven oil mill at Namblabal area of Pampore in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Wani rises before dawn and heads to the basement of his bedroom, where he blindfolds his ox and gets on with his daily job, operating the last 200 hundred year old ox-driven oil presses (Tilwaen Vaan). Time consuming process, laborious work and meagre income, the old -age tradition of extracting oil using these ox-driven mills is on the the verge of extinction in Kashmir as the machine extracted oil has now dominating the market for over three decades. Wani is the last operator of ox-driven oil presses (Tilwaen Vaan) in the valley. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan) (PTI02_09_2022_000035B)
