When most people think about Ladakh in the winter, they imagine soft, absolutely white snow swaying through the air and falling softly on the ground, only to make it onto a thick, untouched light blanket of what looks like clouds. “Beautiful” and.....
“Home-grown tomatoes, home-grown tomatoes What’d life be without home-grown tomatoes Only two things that money can’t buy That’s true love & home-grown tomatoes.”** —Guy Clark This couplet from the song “Home-grown Tomatoes” by Guy Clark beautifully captures the feeling that home-grown tomatoes.....
“Waste generation,” “Plastic waste,” “Degrading environment,” and the list goes on. All of us are familiar with these terms, but how many of us are concerned? The rising menace of waste engulfs the world, and tourism-centered areas are the biggest prey. Boracay.....
Berry Berry! Leh Berry!!!! Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) of the family Elaeagnaceae, known as Leh Berry is a thorny shrub of 9-12 m height with ample branches. These plants have a life span of 100-150 years. The plant can tolerate winter temperatures.....
Turtuk, the last outpost in Ladakh, is a village situated at the Indo-Pak border beyond which lies the Gilgit Baltistan region. The village became a part of India after the war of 1971 and has been open for tourists since 2009. The.....
Hunderman is a deserted, abandoned village inhabited by a plethora of stories—each stone representing a journey, each house reminiscing about a past. The war of 1971 between India and Pakistan resulted in Hunderman and Turtuk becoming a part of India overnight. Conflicts.....
Apart from the beauty of the landscape, we have some exciting cultural and religious events in Ladakh. One such type of festival is the annual festival of the monasteries, Gustor. The festival, celebrated over two days, is marked by different kinds of.....
Snow leopards and migratory birds are probably what first come to mind when one thinks of wildlife in Ladakh. However, Himalayan brown bears, ancient cousins of the enormous grizzlies, seem like a secret best kept by the high-altitude alpine meadows of western.....
