By Dr. Gulzar Hussain, Ph.D History, Presidency University
VOL News Desk/ The reorganization of the administrative map of Ladakh has proceeded at a pace few residents could have anticipated. A Union Territory that for decades comprised two districts now has eight, and within this restructuring the Hill Council of the newly demarcated Kargil district has been expanded from twelve constituencies to twenty-one. In principle, more constituencies should bring representatives closer to the people. ...

Sonam Wangdus AKA ADU

A High Court judgment from a small Himalayan valley ripples across the world. Lawyers in Geneva. Judges in New Delhi. Environmental scholars in London. All citing a case about a Ladakhi watershed, about how development in fragile mountains must answer to both law and nature. That’s not fantasy. It could be our future. For years, this was unimaginable. A Ladakhi facing a legal wrong, an arbitrary government order, an illegal land grab, an environmental violation faced a b...