Mount Kailash in Western Tibet is sacred to Hindus, Buddhists, and the local Bön religion. The sources of the Indus, Sutlej, Ganga, and Brahmaputra Rivers are all found in close proximity to it. (Ruth Gamble)
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Plastic bottles from tourists cover the environment in Ladakh, India. (Ruth Gamble)
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- The Wrong Hertz: In Northeast Pakistan’s Mountains, Disaster Communication Encounters StaticBy Zainab Khalid (Lanzhou University and COMSATS University) The first thing that strikes travelers to the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Northern Pakistan, where the Hindu Kush, Karakoram and Himalaya mountain ranges meet, is […]
- Keeping Connected while Staying Apart: Social Media and Lockdown in ThimphuDolma Choden Roder (Royal Thimphu College) Like many in Thimphu, Bhutan’s capital city, I heard about both the first positive case on March 6th (an American tourist who was initially quarantined in […]
- Speaking the Virus: The Importance of Reaching Rural Tibetan Communities in Their VernacularsYulha Lhawa Banner image (above). The COVID-19 pandemic was suppressed quickly and early in Khroskyabs-speaking communities, and so villagers were able to successfully undertake the year’s farm work. Here, Aunt Xiang Sijie […]
Indian soldiers boarding ferry boats on the Brahmaputra River in Guwahati, Assam. (Alexander Davis)
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The Lhasa-Chengdu Railway under construction along the Yarlung Zangpo River in the Tibetan Autonomous Region. (Ruth Gamble)