Ladakh: Lock In the Gains, Keep the Democratic Process Moving The debate over Ladakh has reached a point where the question is no longer simply what should be demanded, but how the gains already achieved should be secured while the remaining issues are negotiated. The Centre has indicated movement onContinue Reading
Former MP Thupstan Chhewang, Tashi Gyalson hail September 9 talks as “positive, cordial and constructive”; hopes rise for protection of Ladakh’s land, jobs, culture and fragile ecologyContinue 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
