I hail from Drass, one of the coldest places in India. During the winter months, temperatures plummet to below –35°C. Due to these extreme conditions and difficult terrain, employment opportunities…
In Ladakh’s Pang region, a vast tract of land—approximately 80 km—has been earmarked for a mega solar power plant, which is projected to generate up to 13 GW of renewable…
The Ladakh urial is a wild sheep native to the high-altitude terrain of the cold desert. Found only in Ladakh, this subspecies of urial has been classified as endangered and…
Located at an elevation of more than 3,000 metres, Ladakh is an ideal place for the region’s favourite winter sport—ice hockey. Introduced to eastern Ladakh as a downtime game by…
In Ladakh’s Leh district, which is predominantly inhabited by agro-pastoral communities, shandongs (wolf-trapping pits) are a relatively common sight. These traditional trapping pits were built by the people of the…