After the revocation of Article 370, Buddhist-majority Leh and Muslim-majority Kargil have united in protest against the BJP and the Modi government, demanding statehood for Ladakh and Sixth Schedule protections
Though ramshackle and long deserted, the Leh Palace remains an imposing building. Standing atop a hillock, the nine-story structure, inspired by the Potala Palace, dominates the otherwise low-lying Leh '
In flexing its military muscle, India is finally set to act on pleas to unite this isolated region with the rest of the country.
Due to its proximity to the
The opening of a road could change the political and cultural landscape of one mountainous corner of Southasia that has suffered more than it should on account of others.
Ladakh, in Jammu and Kashmir, is just 90 minutes by air from Delhi, but physically and topographically it seems more than a world away. The flight to Leh crosses slender
The release of the leaders of the All Party Hurriyat Conference is welcome. But why in the first place were they put under detention, just after the parliamentary election in
Half a century ago, India was partitioned. With the Muslim League violently pressing its demand, the Congress saw the inevitability, and agreed. One proposed, the other accepted. Partition, then, became
Beyond failure of military intelligence, Kargil represents New Delhi's intellectual bankruptcy. A Ladakhi scholar in New Delhi provides a different perspective.
The Pakistani intrusion in Kargil has a
