KARGIL & LADAKH

Photographs from 'People Who Live in Indo-Pak border on Indian side'

At Turtuk village in Ladakh which belonged to Pakistan until 1971.
At Silche village, close to the International border.
At Hundurmaan, Kargil. It is one among the villages which underwent evacuation during the Kargil war in 1999.
At Ladakh
Students of level 8 attending a class on the veranda of Gound Middle Government school in Hardas, Kargil (2017). This school lies very close to an International border.
Sania Batul, at a classroom, which lies very close to the LOC in Kargil.
Nazrat and Zahrat on their way home after cleaning utensils in a cataract, and Umul Bani, the youngest and the chirpiest among them, pretending to hide behind. At Hundurmaan, a border-sharing village in Kargil.
Sindh river, at Kargil.
The Dogras, believed to be the descendants of Alexander the great, in occasional attires at the canonization of a renovated Buddhist temple. At Dah village, Leh district, Ladakh.
The Dogras
At Hardas village, Kargil.
Mubeena and Safeena (right), both studying in level 3, posing with a pre-mature bird which slipped from above. At Turtuk village, the northern-most village of India (2017)
At Kargil town
Thang Syng and Lurbu, secretly passing comments on potbellied Indian tourists, who are climbing stairs that lead to them, 11800 ft above. At Thiksey Monastery, Leh district, Ladakh.
At Thiksey village, Leh district, Ladakh.
Zeenat. In Sanku region, Ladakh (2017)
At Barchey village, Kargil.
Children watching whether tourists are on their way up from Kargil town to the top of the mountain where they live, close to the LOC. A village belonging to POK is visible from here. At Hundurmaan, Kargil.