Ladakh is a good alternative to India
Ladakh is a good alternative to Tibet, with its similar culture and monasteries galore. ON my first trip to Ladakh, India, in 1996, I suffered altitude sickness just hours after leaving the airport in...
View ArticleIndia's Little Tibet: Ladakh - A mystic land of adventure
Leh - After an almost reckless ride negotiating treacherous Himalayan roads amid snowfall to the world's highest motorable pass at Khardungla, the drive down to the gong-bells, butter-lamps and the...
View ArticleCalamity: Cloudburst in Choglamsar, Ladakh
Eccentric and unheard of cloudburst in Choglamsar, Ladakh, on August 6, claimed hundreds of lives while several hundreds are still missing. Buildings were razed, communication lines snapped and...
View ArticleKashmir regions leap to modernity
The young man wore Western clothes, but he paused as he passed the prayer wheel. Then, without self-consciousness, he mounted the steps and spun, circumambulating the wheel in search of good fortune.....
View ArticleHis Holiness the Dalai Lama Arrives in Ladakh (The Office of His Holiness the...
(Source: The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama) July 27th 2015 Spituk Monastery, Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, 27 July 2015 - A buzz of excitement ran through the crowd of Ladakhis lucky enough to...
View ArticleIt's peaceful here on top of the world: Ladakh 'Little Tibet'
The Indus River was the first sign of life, making wild snaking curves through the mountains from Tibet, an icy lifeline for the few who inhabit the arid Ladakh plateau. We'd been flying over a choppy...
View Article'Voluntourism' gaining ground among youths
VADODARA: Trupti Pandya, 26, an avid traveller recently returned from a trip to Uttarakhand with her friend where she not only had her share of adventure but also engaged in community service. Pandya...
View ArticleQNET donates minivan to Kyrgyz House of Babies
QNET's donation of a minivan to House of Babies in Kyrgyzstan will make medical treatment more accessible to the 154 children of the home. Osh, Kyrgyzstan (PRWEB) June 12, 2012 Administrators at the...
View ArticleRYTHM Foundation Gives USD40,000 to House Destitute in India
RYTHM Foundation partners with CNN Heroes 2010 Award winner Narayanan Krishnan, who is now QNet’s I’m MAD Campaign Ambassador in India. Madurai, India (PRWEB) August 07, 2011 , the global Corporate...
View ArticleThe hidden Zanskar
AROON RAMAN As the little-known Zanskar valley in Jammu and Kashmir comes out of its geographic isolation, momentous changes are afoot which touch everyday lives. Ordinary but enterprising people, like...
View ArticleSpiritual Quest Adventures Launches Oracle Tour to Ladakh, India
Experience The Ancient Culture of Tibetan Shamans Where Monks Embody Spirits and Foretell the Future (PRWEB) October 31, 2013 What: Spiritual Quest is launching our long-awaited Mystics of Ladakh Tour....
View ArticlePeter Popham - Whoever wins, Ladakh loses
What an Indian soldier described the other day as India's "near war" with Pakistan is happening in a place called Ladakh. It is the town of Kargil in Ladakh that has been under artillery bombardment...
View ArticleHoliday on ice
Ladakh in winter ANURAG MALLICK & PRIYA GANAPATHY fuse snow travel with slow travel as they discover an icy realm of frozen rivers and waterfalls with Ladakhi hospitality. Why have you come to...
View ArticleBuddhist leader blames NC for Leh riot
NEW DELHI: Eminent Buddhist leader Lama Lobzang on Saturday claimed that the present disturbance in Ladakh was in retaliation by the Farooq Abdullah government to the demand of Ladakhis for a separate...
View ArticleBuddhist leader flays Farooq govt
NEW DELHI EMINENT Buddhist leader Lama Lobzang on Saturday claimed that the present disturbance in Ladakh was in retaliation by the Farooq Abdullah government to the demand of Ladakhis for a separate...
View ArticleOpening up a whole new world
Kavita Suri JAMMU, Sept 13: For hundreds and thousands of children living in land-locked valleys of River Indus in inaccessible regions of Ladakh, a peep into the rest of India always remains a dream....
View ArticleQNET Pays it Forward through Charity Grants Worth USD 30k
Global direct selling company, QNET, awarded grants worth USD 30,000 to charities and NGOs in India, Uganda and Egypt, as part of The Pitch!, a contest aimed at encouraging its distributors to help a...
View ArticleThe future of Ladakh
Union home minister Rajnath Singh paid a belated two-day visit to Ladakh after last month’s much-publicised all-party delegation’s trip to Jammu and Kashmir. Ladakh had been forgotten in that...
View ArticleRemote challenges
A rare interaction between Ladakhi students from all over Ladakh and the Vice-chancellor of Jammu University brought to light various problems and issues this 3,000-member strong student community in...
View ArticleDivisions in Ladakh
The sudden outburst of communal tension in Ladakh could not have come at a more inopportune time for the State Government. The authorities were forced to issue shoot-at-sight orders amid an indefinite...
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