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Ladakh: Changing Yet Unchanged with Maps
Romesh Bhattacharji
This book is about Ladakh of the past and present, and its fascinating deserts and colourful mountians. A little bit of history, lots of geography and topography, and some personal moments. I have been visiting Ladakh since 1972. The first few visits were memorable because of the extraordinary hospitality of its people, who opened their warm houses at a time when there were no hotels or guest houses as there are now.
Ladakh in the throes of change
Ashish Kothari
Ladakh, India's part of the 'roof of the world', is a unique cultural and ecological landscape of global value. Modern development and mass tourism threatens its integrity, but there are also several initiatives attempting to mould a sustainable and just future. A Vikalp Sangam (Alternatives Confluence) in July 2015 came up with many strategies towards this.
The Journal of Asian Studies
The Cultural Heritage of Ladakh. Volume One: Central Ladakh
1980 •
Tadeusz Skorupski
AHP28 Recent Research on Ladakh
Asian Highlands Perspectives JOURNAL
Bede's Athenaeum
Ladakh and the Partition of India: How Ladakh (Re) Shaped after Partition
2019 •
Archo F A T I M A Nissa
The paper tries to explore the convoluted socio-cultural history of Ladakh in the aftermath of the partition of India. There has been less debate and discussion academically about the impact of partition on the Ladakh region. Many discourses consider Ladakh as a 'mystic' and 'isolated' place which had not been much influenced by the partition of India. However, it has not been the case. The paper tries to dig out the impact of partition on the Ladakh province that has resulted in the fragmentation of Ladakhi society on communal basis leading to the (false) consciousness among the people, belonging to different communities, i.e., Buddhists and Muslims. Ladakhi society before the partition of India was a testimony of heterogeneous milieu where the different communities, especially the majority of Buddhists and Muslims, lived in peace and harmony before the seeds of communalism were sown in the pre-partition India. This paper demonstrates the acuteness of antagonisms between the two communities that prevailed specifically after the partition of India and its causal tendencies on the contemporary Ladakhi society and its polarization due to political and social pressures. The paper studies some of the post partition travelogues on Ladakh by different travelers who along with their experiences during their visit also documented the accounts of the influences of partition primarily the communal influences on the Ladakhi society that has resulted in the conflicts of cultural and regional rivalries.
Recent Research on Ladakh and the Western Himalaya . Proceedings of the 13 th Colloquium of the International Association of Ladakh Studies
2013 •
patrick kaplanian
Mountains, Monasteries and Mosques. Recent Research on Ladakh and the Western Himalaya. Proceedings of the 13th Colloquium of the International Association of Ladakh Studies Edited by John Bray & Elena de Rossi Filibeck. Supplement No. 2 to Rivistadegli Studi Orientali 80 (New Series). Pisa & Rome: Sapienza, Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Studi Orientali, 2009, 288 pages. ISBN: 978-88-6227-188-2
Ladakh: Historical Perspectives and Social Change (List of contents and introduction to Tibet Journal special issue)
Petra Maurer, John Bray, Andrea Butcher
This is the list of contents and introduction to a special issue on Ladakh published by the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. The volume contains a total of 11 papers on broadly ‘Tibetological’ themes, including the region’s political and religious history, contemporary development and social issues, and Ladakhi understandings of colour. Most of the papers were presented at the 16th international conference of the International Association for Ladakh Studies (IALS) in Heidelberg in April 2013, together with two additional contributions from Rob Linrothe and Nawang Jinpa.
Modern Ladakh : anthropological perspectives on continuity and change
2008 •
Martijn van Beek
The modern history of Ladakh has been profoundly shaped by influences from South Asia and beyond. In detailed empirical case-studies the contributors document and analyse change and continuities in this region brought about by colonialism, independence and modernisation. In an introductory review essay highlighting emerging themes and continuing debates in the scholarship on Ladakh, the editors argue for the need to situate Ladakh in an Indian and South Asian context, while also taking into account its cultural, linguistic and historical ties with Tibet. Studies from the neighbouring (sub)regions of Kargil, Ladakh, Zangskar and Baltistan are brought together to make an important contribution to the anthropological and sociological literature on development and modernity, as well as to Ladakh, Tibetan and South Asian studies.
Expedition
Trade at the Crossroads of Continents, North India's Ladakh Region
2006 •
Jacqueline Fewkes
Strategic Importance of Ladakh
Ilyass Hussain
