Despite his age, 115-year-old Kashmiri cobbler, Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh aka Gul Sheikh son of Ahmad Sheikh from Kashmir’s Bandipora district, continues to mend shoes, which he has been doing since almost a century and is a faith healer of sorts. Sheikh claims to have also worked as a labourer in gardens belonging to Maharaja Hari Singh, and recalls his old days, when he repaired shoes of English men (Angrez) as well. Not having worked in the farming sector unlike other Kashmiris, the old cobbler said that the upbringing of his six children (four boys and two girls) was done through the livelihood earned from cobbling.