There is something stirring about the image of a six-year-old boy holding the Constitution of India. People may think he is too young to understand every word in that enormous book, probably cannot explain Article 14, cannot debate constitutional jurisprudence, and he may not yet understand the full meaning of liberty, equality, fraternity or fundamental rights.Continue Reading
The year was 1984. Ladakh was politically isolated, geographically remote, and its indigenous communities feared that their distinct identity would slowly disappear without constitutional protection. It was then that Sonam Wangyal, a respected Ladakhi leader, former Jammu & Kashmir Cabinet Minister, and father of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, chose the most powerful weapon available to a democracy: a non-violent hunger strike.Continue Reading
: In a bold and transformative leap toward true decentralisation, the Ladakh Administration has announced that all seven districts of the Himalayan Union Territory will soon be governed by their own powerful Autonomous Hill Development Councils. This landmark decision promises to shift real authority from distant centres to the very communities that call this rugged, high-altitude land home.Continue Reading
New Delhi’s Sagarpur has once again become a reminder of how fragile communal peace can be in India.Continue Reading
