Ladakh is sandwiched between the Himalaya to the south and the Karakorom mountain range to the north. Its relatively low altitude (in such mountainous space) made it a key post on the silk road for thousands of year. When China closed Tibet’s Western border in the late 1940s it halted thousands of years of caravans and trade routes. Also in these parts is the highest theater of war in the world, on the Siachen glacier. The fight here between India and Pakistan can occur only during the summer months because …