Acting CEC Inaugurates Kargil Losar Festival

Kargil/ Jan. 05: Acting Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor (CEC), LAHDC, Kargil Mubarak Shah Nagvi inaugurated Two Days Kargil Ladakh Losar. The event is a traditional new year cultural and literary festival organized by Ladakh Academy of Culture and Languages (LAACL) at Language Center New Academy Complex, Kargil here today.

Executive Councillor for Tourism Er Phunsog Tashi was the guest of honor on the occasion. Other guests included Balti poet Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat, State awar...

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Ladakhi Dry Toilets – A Lesson Kargil Need to Learn from Leh

Recently we saw a village in Drass area of Kargil district, second coldest inhabited place on the earth, protesting over scarcity of water. Two days later, a video of another village from Kargil had gone viral on social media where people were seen lapsed into violence reportedly on a dispute over water. Insufficient supply of water has remained an essential issue especially in town area and also in villages.

Few miles away from the above incidents, few folk women in Minjee village, while...

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In conversation with Skarma Junglay on Losar

Losar, the much-celebrated festivity of Ladakh that mark the new year as per Ladakhi Lo-Rtsis (calendar) has come through many transformations. The terminologies and essence have remained the same while rituals, traditions, and activities have seen significant changes with the passage of time and due to influence of religious heads. To get some insight into these traditions and transformations, Voice of Ladakh’s staff conducted an interview with the well-known researcher Mr Skarma Junglay. J...

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Shina Dardi Cultural, Literary Meet Held in Kargil

Kargil/ Dec. 26: Ladakh Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (LAACL), Kargil organized a Day Long District Level Shina Dardi Cultural and Literary Meet cum Book Release Function at Language Center New Academy Complex Kargil here on Saturday.

Executive Councillor for Works and Information Mubarak Shah Nagvi who is also the Councillor of Upper Drass Constituency was the chief guest on the occasion while the writers and poets who sat in the presidium included State Awardee poet and writer G...

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