military occupation
Role of the Indian Army in Ladakh
The Indian Army has attempted for years to put a peaceful face on its mission in northern India, but the Ladakhi—and the rest of the people in the state of Jammu and Kashmir—still decry the military presence. A journal article in 2008 explained that the army tries to generate support from the people of Ladakh […]
Market Forces in Ladakh
The Eurasia Review last week analyzed the effects that increasing tourism and military deployments in northern India are having on the traditional Ladakhi way of life. Widening economic gaps between rural Ladakhis and urbanites in Leh, the regional capital, are one of the problems the article identifies. Traditional agriculture, as described by Norberg-Hodge, Mann, and […]
Yanadi Fish Farming May Be Threatened
Two years ago the Indian press covered a hopeful story about a Yanadi village that had established a crab framing operation near Sorlagondi, a coastal community in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Last week, a news source reported that the Indian Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) has completed studies about the suitability of a […]
Indian Army Displays its Might in Ladakh
Fernanda Pirie, in her penetrating book Peace and Conflict in Ladakh, describes the way the Ladakhi effectively resolve their disputes. The question is whether their peacemaking skills can survive propaganda from the Indian Army that the way to solve problems is through military might. The Indian Army is again promoting itself to the Ladakhi people, […]
Armed Forces To Withdraw from Tahiti
The government of France announced last week that by 2015 its military presence in Tahiti will be cut in half, from about 1770 people to 850. The personnel will be withdrawn from a marine infantry regiment based in Arue and Taravao and from an air force facility known as Base Aérienne 190, located near the […]
