Oct 22 2022 Hi there, It been more then a month since I shared last write-up.Today I would like to discuss something about ‘Culture’ which had been ringing up in the air during last two weeks here in Leh? There was also the celeberation of the Lladakh Festival Year 2022’ from Oct 13 to 16 […]

Hi there, The weather here is fast chaning as we move into Autumn cold especially during morning and evenings. However, it is still very warm in the day very piercing heat that would turn the leaves golden yellow soon. The year has been quite good in spite of undergoing the pain and resting due to […]

Hi there, Its mid September the weather is excellent here and there is romance in the air as young people are getting married. Our marriages can be both arranged which is rather traditional and family members help in arranging matches as per their qualification, jobs, disposition for either genders. In the case of lesser arranged […]

Hi there, Today, I would like to touch upon tourism sector of Ladakh. After covid the arrival of visitors are increasing each succeeding years. Domestic tourism is more in numbers than the foreign.This year much of the major international visitors are from Isreal. It is alright to have many tourists but the question is on […]

Hi there, India’s Independence Day celebrations as ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mohotsav’ or ‘Celebrating the Nectar of India’s Independence Day’ of seventy five years’ of Independence is indeed a long journey. India with its diverse culture, customs and tradition has now been fully integrated with modern economy. It proudly possesses a robust constitution, bi-cameral legislature and […]

Hi there, Of lately the weather in Ladakh has been great and we just completed a very important teaching of his holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at the ‘Jevetsal’ or the Peace Garden at Choglamsar on the bank of mighty Indus River that flows furiously forming its foams and roaring like a mighty lion- A […]

Hi there, Let me share something about rare historic art forms that are akin to this remote region. The Rock Arts of Ladakh One can discover these varied shaped signs on the rocks which have been roasted by the glear of the sun over the centuries. These are the ‘Petroglyphs of Ladakh’ throwing light on […]

Hi there, As I began writing this piece it happens to be World Refugee Day. The UN estimate states that there are 80 million displaced people around the world due to varied reasons, be it adverse climatic conditions, civil wars, political aggressions and many more. Something similar happened little more then five decades ago in […]

 Hi there, Let me share something about trade and commerce scenario of our region. It is an interesting theme and I had already written in the past let’s do it again. As mentioned the caravan trade of Ladakh existed until the year 1962 after which it stopped completely. The post independence Ladakh continued with its […]

Hi there, We’ll try to discuss regarding subsistence (basic) or mini micro agriculture system (there couldn’t be such small system anywhere, correct me if i am wrong, plz?) which is peculiar to a region such as Ladakh.Located in the high altitude trans-Himalayan region where the agriculture season is for only five months for upper Ladakh […]