The ultra-sweet concoction of herbs and fruits, Rooh Afza has not only survived the 1947 partition of the two countries but thrived on both sides of the border.
A cooling 115-year-old pink libation with a secret recipe is wildly popular on both sides of the India-Pakistan border.NEW DELHI - Pakistan and India have fought three wars and countless skirmishes, but as summers get hotter with climate change, their peoples are united by love for a cooling 115-year-old pink libation with a secret recipe.
She then stabs the top of a bottle of Rooh Afza and squeezes in the viscous, lipstick-red concentrate before attacking a milk carton and adding that too, along with pieces of watermelon. "I took over this shop a decade ago when my husband passed away. He started selling Rooh Afza here some 40-50 years ago. It's my only source of income."A worker adds an ingredient during the production of Rooh Afza at a factory in Manesar, IndiaIn Pakistan, the drink is a particular favourite in the holy month of Ramadan, when it is served as an evening thirst-quencher with the Iftar feast, when Muslims break their fast.
"A homeless man once suggested that if I blended Rooh Afza with diced watermelon it would be delicious," he told AFP."The taste was marvellous." In 1947, with the partition of British India, one son stayed in Delhi while the other upped sticks for the new Pakistan. "It's a big secret; even the people at the factory will not know it... There would be, I think, three people who would know it," the 45-year-old told AFP with a chuckle.AFP | Rizwan TABASSUM
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