In Ladakh, where the local media landscape is rapidly evolving, there is a noticeable gap when it comes to investigative journalism. They often fall short when it comes to the crucial task of tracing cases of crime and corruption, following up with authorities, and maintaining the pressure needed to ensure accountability. This lack of professional investigative reporting is a missed opportunity, especially as the region navigates changes with its newly formed police force and developing gove...
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Are small isolated communities like Ladakh a curse?
Till half a century ago, Ladakh was an isolated society with limited needs and aspirations. Dependent on agrifarming, life was hard with limited resources but self-sufficient and self-reliant with minimum intervention and interference from outside.
In comparison, contemporary Ladakh, with both physical and digital connectivity with the outside world, has developed more needs (goods, services, and ideas) and aspirations (such as carbon neutrality and tourism). These newly developed needs t...
Press Club of Ladakh writes to LG, requests action on journalist welfare, land allocation, and foreign exchange programs
VoL Desk, March 27: The Press Club of Ladakh, Kargil has written a memorandum to the Honorable Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, highlighting some important issues and concerns that working journalists in the region are facing.
In the memorandum, the press club has requested immediate action on several matters, including land allotment for setting up offices and workspaces, implementation of a journalist welfare scheme, addressing working journalists’ issues in remote areas, and initiating ...