Book Review | Ancient Futures: Lessons from Ladakh for a Globalizing World

I just finished reading Ancient Futures: Lessons from Ladakh for a Globalizing World by Helena Norberg-Hodge. It is strange that it is only now that I finally read this masterpiece; six years since I first went to Ladakh and began my journey of academic inquiry and personal growth. Ladakh was the place I discovered my love for ethnographic studyContinue reading “Book Review | Ancient Futures: Lessons from Ladakh for a Globalizing World”

What Makes You Happy? Unravelling well-being and personal satisfaction

Farmer prosperity is closely linked to food security. One of the questions I am most apprehensive about as well as look forward to most during my interviews with farmers is this: “What, according to you, is necessary for a farmer to be happy?”  Infamous as a person who drinks less water than a camel (yes, recently I hadContinue reading “What Makes You Happy? Unravelling well-being and personal satisfaction”