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In breve: Un monaco buddista riemerge da tra anni di meditazione solitaria. Incontra una donna bellissima di cui si innamora e che risveglia i suoi desideri sessuali. Abbandona il tempio per sposarla e insieme hanno un figlio. Ma per l'uomo la vita quotidiana non é facile. |
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In breve: This intriguing account of Ladakhi trade is spiced with enough personal details of the traders at all levels. This book documents the extraordinarily complex pattern of trade upon which the pre-Independence economy of Ladakh largely depended. |
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In breve: Dediti alla pastorizia ed allevatori di quelle pecore un tempo produttrici di "pashmina" per il pregiato cachemere, i nomadi del Rupshu avevano sviluppato metodi di tessitura e colorazione per la produzione di tappeti, selle tibetane, mantelli e tuniche. |
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In breve: Ladakh for tourists and Ladakh for trekkers and climbers are two different worlds. There is nothing in this world like Pangong lake or Tso Moriri lake which change colour every hour with the sun, and the brown hills behind make it appear as if from a Tolkein story world. |
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In breve: "Across the Frozen Himalaya is an account of the first ever Ski traverse from the Karakoram pass to the Lipu Lekh pass, a 2,000 kilometre epic through the coldest winter in the previous two decades. The Ski-Himalaya expedition crossed twenty passes, including three that were hitherto unknown. |
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In breve: Aggarwal brings the insights of performance studies and the growing field of the anthropology of international borders to bear on her extensive fieldwork in Ladakh. She examines how social and religious boundaries are created on the Ladakhi frontier, how they are influenced by directives of the nation-state, and how they are shaped into political struggles for regional control that are legitimized through discourses of religious purity, patriotism, and development. |
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In breve: Situated in the high reaches of Himalayan and Karakoram ranges, the unique culture of India's northernmost district, Ladakh, has been radically affected by war, tourism and development. These stories by Abdul Gani Sheikh give an account of life and society in modern-day Ladakh. |
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In breve: Mi è stato utilissimo all'inizio delle mie ricerche. Era l'unico libro si queste aree himalayane che permettesse di localizzare le opere d'arte. Esisteva una traduzione italiana oramai esaurita. |
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In breve: Cold and forbidding to some. A comfort and solace to others. India’s mountainscapes are a testimony to the endurance of the human spirit. From the Himalayas in the north to the Nilgiris in the south, there exist a diverse range of physical, cultural, and aesthetic lifestyles. Into the High Ranges brings together essays and creative works by some of India’s best-known contemporary writers as well as fresh writings by other authors whose imaginations have been fired by these high reaches. Covering a broad spectrum of themes that delve into literature, history, culture and politics, these narratives present an intimate view that differs from stereotypical musings on mountains. |
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In breve: Women have played a critical role in the environmental movement, not only in the United States but throughout the world. |
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