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The Compass: Himalaya: The Human Story: Life on the line

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Life on the line

15/06/2022 GMT

Himalaya: The Human Story

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The future of Ladakh amidst military unrest between India and China

The future of Ladakh amidst military unrest between India and China and the communities struggling to preserve their livelihoods.

Ladakh is a region at the centre of the 50-year-long border dispute between India and China, which flared up again in June 2020. Journalist and broadcaster Ed Douglas speaks to local village leaders whose communities are struggling to preserve their lives and livelihoods amidst perpetual military unrest. He also speaks to former politicians and political experts about the consequences of what happens here for the wider geopolitical stability of Asia’s two biggest countries, and those caught in between.

(Photo: Himalaya monks. Credit: Dinesh Deokota)

The Compass: Himalaya: The Human Story

Ed Douglas reveals what life is like for those who live on the 'roof of the world'

Ed Douglas reveals what life is like for those who live on the 'roof of the world'.

Spanning five countries, the Himalaya is home to peoples who have adapted to living in the harshest of conditions. Journalist and broadcaster Ed Douglas, author of the first major history of the Himalaya has been visiting these remote communities for 30 years. Now they are opening up to him about the challenges of living on the roof of the world. He reveal the cultures and achievements of the Himalaya’s often overlooked rich myriad of different ethnic groups, explore how climate change might dry up Asia’s water towers, and examine how the region has become a fault line in a dispute that threatens to destabilise the countries it encompasses. Ed also reflects on how what happens in the Himalaya reverberates around the world.

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