Notes from Tawang: Borders, wars and human lives

Human beings are born free, but the minuscule minority that holds power has erected walls and borders everywhere.

I looked at the army camp at the foot of the snow-capped mountains. Living in a place that did not have proper heating, but was upper middle class by Indian standards, I wondered what the indoor temperature was like in the modest homes where Indian soldiers and officers lived . Over my time in Tawang, I heard passing soldiers speak in several languages …