Book Review: ‘Echoes of Faith’ by Novel and Ashok Lavasa

Novel Lavasa is an organic farmer and an environmentalist. Ashok Lavasa recently completed his tenure as Vice President of the Asian Development Bank. Before joining the bank, he served as Election Commissioner of India after his retirement from the government as Union Finance Secretary.

In this book, the authors share their three-decade-long journey through the places in India as well as other parts of the world that are associated with faith. They anthologized all their memories in this...

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Public Invited to Contribute to ‘Ladakh Mountaineering Policy 2024’

VoL Desk, July 24: Secretary, Tourism Ladakh has invited comments/suggestions/ objections from the stakeholders/ public on the draft ‘Ladakh Mountaineering Policy 2024’.

The Departm,ent of Tourism, Ladakh has drafted the ‘Ladakh Mountaineering Policy 2024’ to regulate the mountaineering and trekking activities in Ladakh and to make organizers and participants of such activities more responsible and accountable towards the fragile ecosystem of Ladakh.

Comments/suggestions/objections, if...

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Shifting Terror Theatre to Jammu: Its Aims and Objectives

By: Dr. Ramees Raja Beig

From Mid-2023 there was a surge in terror attacks in Jammu which was considered to be a safe place and declared terror-free by the Jammu and Kashmir Police many times. The geographical landscape of Jammu is harsher than Kashmir because of the vast and thick forests which lies between the LOC.

Understanding the timelineof major attacks in Jammu region

July 16, 2024: Four Army soldiers were killed in action in Doda, July 8, 2024: Five Army personnel were kille...

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International Moon Day: I want to catch the Moon

By: Sidharth PK

The airy Greek myth, with the amplified Roman verse, the Selene is a looming figure o’er the crust of centuries. The moon is indefinable light and mystery, with the macabre tales that unwraps it. In literature, romantic poetry with reference to Lord Byron, as he brings our attention through his famous poems, “So we’ll go no more a roving, by the light of the moon”. The moon is portrayed in the sense of a romantic overture and literature connects objects like moon, sun, wat...

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Review of Sadaf Wani’s City as Memory: A Short Biography of Srinagar

Sadaf Wani is a Kashmiri writer and a senior communications professional authored her latest book, City as Memory: A Short Biography of Srinagar. In this book, she draws on her childhood experiences of the mid-90s, captivated by unrestrained insurgencies, upheavals, and augmenting militarization, and the early 2000s, soaked with a series of violent acts in response to civil protests. Wani shares the reminiscences of her personal acquaintances with the locality and the serious scholarship of ...

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Sheikh Nazir Angered by Palestinian Flag in Muharram Procession

VoL Desk, July 16: President of Jamiat Ulema Isna Ashriya Kargil, Sheikh Nazir Mehdi Mohammadi, expressed anger during the 9th Muharram procession, instructing the removal of a Palestinian flag from the Kaksar-Chuliskamboo-Budgam village procession. Sheikh Nazir emphasized that Muharram should be solely dedicated to mourning the martyrdom of Imam Hussain.

Citing a tradition of Imam Hassan Mujtaba (a.s.), “There is no day like yours, O Aba Abdullah,” Sheikh Nazir stated that only Imam Huss...

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Sumoor Awarded Title of “Book Village of Ladakh”

Leh, July 15, 2024: In a landmark event, Sumoor Village has been officially declared as the ‘Book Village of Ladakh’. The launch was graced by the Deputy Chairman, Tsering Angchuk, and the Deputy Commissioner, Leh Santosh Sukhadeve, who inaugurated the first book village of Ladakh.

 This initiative led by the Village Lab Foundation, Ladakh and supported by LAHDC Leh, aims to transform village education through innovative approaches. The project has successfully installed 16 mini libraries...

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بقائے انسانیت اور احیائے اسلام ہے کربلا

نواسہ رسول ؐ امام عالی مقام حضرت امام حسین علیہ السلام تاریخ بشریت کی وہ عظیم اور مقدس ہستی ہیں، جنہوں نے بقائے بشریت اور احیائے اسلام کے لئے مقدس لہو کا ایک ایک قطرہ سرزمین کربلا پر قربان کردیا۔۶۰ ہجری میں نواسہ رسول حضرت امام حسین علیہ السلام نے دین و انسانیت کی ڈوبتی ہوئی کشتی کو ٹھکانے لگانے کے خاطر ایک مصمم،پرعزم اور مضبوط تحریک کی بنیاد ڈال دی جس نے اسلام اور انسانیت کی نجات میں بے نظیر کردار ادا کیا۔ یہ تحریک اہداف ،نظریات اور افکارات کی تحریک تھی۔ امام عالی مقام حضرت امام حسین ؑنے’’ا...

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Water Crisis in Sukutiyal Village of Drass Subdivision: Urgent Appeal for Assistance

VoL Desk, July 11: Sukutiyal village in the Drass Subdivision, under the Bhimbat Councillor Constituency, is experiencing a severe shortage of drinking and irrigation water, according to a correspondence from the villagers to the Voice of Ladakh.

Residents have been forced to collect water from a spring located between 500 meters to 1 kilometer away from their homes. Additionally, some volunteers use their vehicles to transport water in 500-liter Sintex tanks to distribute among the neigh...

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BYCS India’s SheCycling Initiative Brings Bicycle Literacy to Women in Leh

Leh, Juy 08: SheCycling, a nationwide bicycle literacy campaign based in Kerala for women by
BYCS India organised a three day cycling learning camp for women in Leh.

The camp was organised at and with the support of Disko Valley Bike Park Leh. The camp in Leh
was a small but first of its kind initiative supported by Stawa, The Nookad Vibes and The Zen.

Prakash P. Gopinath and Zeenath M.A. were the organizers and conducted the camp as Senior National Project Coordinators.

SheCycling ...

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