Recently we saw a village in Drass area of Kargil district, second coldest inhabited place on the earth, protesting over scarcity of water. Two days later, a video of another village from Kargil had gone viral on social media where people were seen lapsed into violence reportedly on a dispute over water. Insufficient supply of water has remained an essential issue especially in town area and also in villages.
Few miles away from the above incidents, few folk women in Minjee village, while...
Losar, the much-celebrated festivity of Ladakh that mark the new year as per Ladakhi Lo-Rtsis (calendar) has come through many transformations. The terminologies and essence have remained the same while rituals, traditions, and activities have seen significant changes with the passage of time and due to influence of religious heads. To get some insight into these traditions and transformations, Voice of Ladakh’s staff conducted an interview with the well-known researcher Mr Skarma Junglay. J...
Maryam Banoo (name changed) has pursued Master of Arts (MA) in English literature from University of Kashmir with more than 70 percent marks. She has pursued a B. Ed degree also with flying numbers. With all her edification and qualifications, Maryam has now recruited at a Class-IV level job in the recently declared District Service Selection Recruitment Board (DSSRB) Kargil, results in Union Territory of Ladakh. The scanty employment opportunity in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir a...
Journalism has been one of the most integral but lesser pronounced aspects of the idea of modern democracy. In the United States for example, lawmakers even to this day, turn to The Federalist Papers during debates to understand how their institutions were designed to operate. The Federalist Papers were first published in newspapers in New York in the late 1780s. Journalism as a check on power too, ideally, has tremendous potential. Though intellectuals like Noam Chomsky are finding it h...
ضمیر کی آواز – طاہر حسین
اللہ تعالی نے عالم کائنات میں بنی نوع انسان کو اشرف المخلوقات قرار دیکر وجود میںلائے ہیں۔لیکن یہ شرف ایسے انسانوں کو حاصل ہے جو انسانیت کی راہ پر چلے۔انسانیت کا اصول یہ ہے کہ انسان سماج اور معاشرے میں عدل و انصاف اور مساوی حقوق کی آبیاری کرے سماجی اور معاشرتی مسائل اور مشکلات کو حل کرنے میں پیش پیش رہے۔ایک دوسرے کی دکھ رد اور غم ومصیبت کو بانٹیں ،بے بس اور مجبور انسانوں کو مدد بہم پہنچائیںظلم وجبر اور استبداد کے خلاف آواز اٹھائیں اگر کوئی انسان خود غرضی اور مفا...
In a major development after the bifurcation of the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi announced the establishment of Waqf Boards in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The Cabinet Minister described that the establishment of Waqf Boards has become possible only after the revocation of Article 370. He further said that the Waqf Boards in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will ensure proper utilisation of Waqf properties for the w...
The recent recruitments in Kargil district show that the ratio of the available post and aspirants were fretful – the situation of Leh district may not be differing. For every single post, the ratio was 1:50. For the post of 67 GLT total, 3,533 aspirants had appeared; the competition in other posts was not different. This is the picture of single district Kargil. Collectively of both the districts, the picture may be worsening. The annoying thing was that some posts were advertised in 2012 a...
