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stawa a unique window to ladakh skip to content search for home special investigations politics and governance environment society columns perspective and commentary interviews about us home the arrogant ladakhi myth or reality tourism has emerged as the backbone of ladakh s economy over the last few decades hoteliers guest house owners shopkeepers antique dealers pony men guides taxi drivers and a significant section of society depend by the stawa team new districts old tricks ladakh deserves better than administrative theatre on 27 april 2026 the hon ble lieutenant governor vinai kumar saxena approved the creation of five new districts in ladakh nubra sham changthang zanskar and drass this takes the total by ummul huda critical analysis can we treat drug addiction with alcohol the increasing prevalence of drug and substance abuse in ladakh has emerged as one of the most pressing social concerns of our time even two decades back the idea of the stawa team spotlight the dilemma of true education by jigmath wangchan degrees are everywhere but curiosity critical thinking civic sense seem to be missing from our classrooms since childhood we are all taught in one form or another by families by society the glaciers final prayers by stanzin dolker over several aeons the mountains have witnessed different stories that flowed like a river continuous and alive but i am quite sure that this time they feel suffocated and helpless is declaring protected monuments enough by dr sonam wangchok in a milestone decision for heritage conservation the administration of the union territory of ladakh officially declared 23 historic sites across the region as protected monuments spanning thousands of years archives in focus yak butter to butter chicken the making of modern ladakh there was a time in ladakh when life expectancy was modest but life itself was expansive people did not live long but their lives were hard by the time a by phuntsog tsering the scary trend of normalising alcohol in ladakh ladakh was once known for its spiritual depth and meaningful celebrations it is now slowly drifting toward a culture of mindless partying where there was tradition connection and joy we by padma dolkar kargil at crossroads unplanned urban growth and a fragile future historically kargil purig was known for its simplicity resilience and close knit community over time this high altitude trans himalayan region grew within strict ecological limits marked by harsh climatic conditions by dr fayaz hussain columns new delhi diary random musings a point of view march 2025 august 2024 top picks being mindful about social media content nowadays getting online content is one of the easiest things just open any social media app and you will get endless videos memes and shorts as if they were waiting by rigzen norbu invisible labour the silent patriarchy shaping our lives it was a sunday afternoon i was studying when my mother asked me to wash my brother s uniform i refused arguing that both of us were studying she gave me by zulikha bano from merit to messaging the strategic drift of the cockroach janta party few youth led protest movements in recent india have been as original as the cockroach janta party cjp by reclaiming the word cockroach originally used as an insult it transformed ridicule by phuntsog tsering stawa 2025