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How Green was their Valley

by JOYDIP MITRA

India

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Too young to leave for school or live away from mom, Tenzin is very much part of the last few nomadic groups. Playing with Pashmina sheep and learning early the basic elements of nature like the warmth and the wind, Tenzin frequently looks far. In a few years he will take up the philosophy of a contemporary and essentially urban world that never mourned for a lost horizon.
Too young to leave for school or live away from mom, Tenzin is very much part of the last few nomadic groups. Playing with Pashmina sheep and learning early the basic elements of nature like the warmth and the wind, Tenzin frequently looks far. In a few years he will take up the philosophy of a contemporary and essentially urban world that never mourned for a lost horizon.
Valleys of the Changpas are losing green every day, and, though they are used to living bereft of green, life is becoming harder. It's now an effort finding grass for their sheep, and occasionally the Changpas are made to clamber over tall cliffs in its search. In winter things become more irregular, as the rivers freeze and no flow causes almost no vegetation.
Valleys of the Changpas are losing green every day, and, though they are used to living bereft of green, life is becoming harder. It's now an effort finding grass for their sheep, and occasionally the Changpas are made to clamber over tall cliffs in its search. In winter things become more irregular, as the rivers freeze and no flow causes almost no vegetation.
Frequent dust-storms are part of a common day here in this Changpa settlement, near Hanle. At dawn men and young girls move onto the pastures with their herds, and all get busy when they return back. A strong sense of community dictates life here.
Frequent dust-storms are part of a common day here in this Changpa settlement, near Hanle. At dawn men and young girls move onto the pastures with their herds, and all get busy when they return back. A strong sense of community dictates life here.
A `robu' is an octagonal canvas tent in which a Changpa family live. Previously these tents were made of yak-skin. But now the Changpas are using scooters instead of yaks, and thus a little improvisation has become necessary.
A `robu' is an octagonal canvas tent in which a Changpa family live. Previously these tents were made of yak-skin. But now the Changpas are using scooters instead of yaks, and thus a little improvisation has become necessary.
Living together a common simple living is the way of life in a Changpa settlement. Those who have aged look after all the young members of the settlement, while their parents are away in the grazing fields.
Living together a common simple living is the way of life in a Changpa settlement. Those who have aged look after all the young members of the settlement, while their parents are away in the grazing fields.

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