⚠️Political post⚠️ - Ladakh

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Imagine a city called City X - known as "Heaven on Earth"


The city has a beautiful forest that is its pride and identity. At the centre of this forest is a pond, which is essential for the city.


Now the government says - the city needs protection. Enemies may attack. For safety, they want to destroy this pond and build infrastructure instead. Does that really make sense?


The same government also says, “We will develop this city into a tourism spot.”
 But this development comes at the cost of the city’s true essence — its clean air, its natural environment, and the very breeze that keeps it alive.


Security is necessary, especially against an aggressive enemy; Economic development is necessary, but not unconsciously and blindly.


We have seen this happen before.

In Uttarakhand, Thailand, Bali, Spain - uncontrolled tourism and infra development

(And there are many more such examples across the world.)


It gets worse when someone raises their voice to save their city; they are branded as anti-national.


We are witnessing this in real life with what is happening with Sonam Wangchuk, the engineer and innovator from Ladakh, who has received national and international awards and raised his voice to protect the fragile environment of the Himalayas.


Imagine this - a person who has spent his life working for his people, bringing recognition and awards to the country, is suddenly called a threat just because he stands for his region, for his people.


The same person, who:


- Designed solar tents for the army

- Revolutionised Education for his people

- Designed buildings that maintain internal temperatures of +15°C even when external temperatures drop to -15°C in Ladakhi winters, that too without fossil fuel.

- Invented Ice Stupas for water scarcity in Ladakh

- Recipient of numerous international awards (e.g., Ramon Magsaysay 2018 - often known as Asia's Nobel prize) 


is arrested under the National Security Act. Meaning GOI consider him a threat to national security.


This is the respect and treatment we give to our best people.


The engineers who stayed here for the nation, instead of running behind foreign visas. Those who invent in India (that's the word we rarely hear in India)

The teachers and professors who truly revolutionised education, instead of commercialising the same.


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Osho rightly said:

"What's Democracy?

A government:
by the retarted
for the retarted 

of the retarted." 

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