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Nomadic herder in Ladakh with livestock

19/06/2020 GMT

The herders caught between two armies

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The impact on nomadic herders of the Ladakh border dispute between India and China

The impact on nomadic herders of the Ladakh border dispute between India and China.

This week 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a clash with Chinese forces in the disputed region of Ladakh.  It's the first fatality in 45 years, but one of many skirmishes along the de facto border.  BBC Indian languages journalist Aamir Peerzada looks at the impact of the current stand-off on the nomadic livestock herders who inhabit the high altitude desert.  

#A man should know his place 
Many women in Turkey have taken to Twitter to mock sexist language and patriarchal attitudes.  Under the hashtag 'A man should know his place', they've turned popular sayings and clichés upside down, applying them to men rather than women.  Beril Akman of BBC Monitoring in Istanbul shares some of her favourite tweets.

Colombian love in the time of Covid-19
The coronavirus pandemic has taught us many unexpected things about our world and our eagle-eyed BBC Monitoring journalist Luis Fajardo spotted a curiosity from his home country, Colombia.  It seems Colombians are finding it hard to give up their “love motel” habit, despite the lockdown.  

The 'ugly-dirty' diamond of Indonesia
The Banjarmasin diamond originally belonged to the Sultan of Banjar in the 1800s, so why is it on display in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam?  The BBC's Endang Nurdin visited the museum, which houses many other Indonesian treasures, and tells us what she found out. 

How to shrink a 'big fat Indian wedding’ 
Indian weddings are traditionally lavish affairs with hundreds of guests, lasting several days. But Covid-19 has changed all that.  Geeta Pandey of BBC Delhi has spoken to some couples who decided to abandon their dreams and go for the simplest possible ceremony.

Image: Nomadic herder in Ladakh with livestock
Credit:  BBC Aamir Peerzada

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