“Health is my wealth”

“What was the happiest day of your life?”
“Most days I’m happy because my body is very healthy – and my age is 60. When I pray to God, I pray for my health. Health is my wealth.”

By fellow contributor Tabinda Mumtaz Sultan Shah

“It is a symbol of strength”

“That is a long moustache”.

“Its a tradition that goes back to the 16th century, where all my male ancestors would keep a similar moustache. It is a symbol of strength. I’ve kept it for 15 years already, and I cut it sometimes when its really long – because if I hadn’t it would be much, much longer than it is now. And out of all the officers I’m the only with this so people usually say I’m the unique one”.

“This moustache is my source of pride, history and honour”.