While providing an intimate look at Ladakh's traditional culture, Ancient Futures raises important questions about the psychological, social, and environmental costs of modernization. 

Ladakh is a place of few resources and an extreme climate. Yes, for more than a thousand years, it has been home to a thriving culture. Traditions of frugality and co-operation, coupled with an intimate and location-specific... (more)

Lying athwart some of the world's highest mountain ranges at the meeting-point of central and south Asia, Ladakh at the same time represents Tibet's endangered civilization, and constitutes a crossroads where Islam and Buddhism have met and blended to form a unique culture. This book contains a comprehensive account of the land and its people including a detailed analysis of recent political and economic change.