Sonam Wangchuk, who was arrested on Friday, is the face of resistance to what he says is government overreach in a small but strategically important Himalayan region.
Tag: Ladakh (India)
A Flash of Anger on India’s Delicate Border With China
Protesters demanding statehood for Ladakh, a strategically important Himalayan region, clashed with the police.
Helena Norberg-Hodge Wants a Local Focus to Have a Global Effect
Helena Norberg-Hodge founded Local Futures with a mission of strengthening local economies and ending the most wasteful aspects of the global trade system.
Ladakh’s Local Hero Wants India to Pay Attention to His People
The activist Sonam Wangchuk is leading protests to demand more autonomy for India’s remote Ladakh region, which shares borders with China and Pakistan.
The Kashmiri Chef Foraging on Precarious Soil
For Prateek Sadhu, gathering native ingredients in the conflict zone where he grew up is the only way of asserting Kashmir’s tenuous place in the world.
Glimpses of Northern India’s Vanishing Nomads
For centuries, Kharnak nomads have raised livestock in one of the most hauntingly beautiful — and inhospitable — places on earth. Can their traditions outlast a generational exodus?
For India’s Military, a Juggling Act With Pakistan and China
Tensions with China and Pakistan stretch a cash-starved military, while the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban removes a potential ally.
What if Local and Diverse Is Better Than Networked and Global?
Helena Norberg-Hodge has been arguing for localism since the 1970s, but the pandemic is making the Australian activist-scholar’s ideas more relevant than ever.
Shots Fired Along India-China Border for First Time in Years
Each side blamed the other as tensions between the two nuclear powers increased along their disputed high-altitude boundary.
India and China Face Off Again at Border as Troops Move In
After months of efforts to defuse tensions, soldiers rushed to shout in each others’ faces again. Though the confrontation wasn’t bloody, where it happened was significant.