On one side of the dusty off-road from Turtuk, in Ladakh’s Nubra valley, to the village of Thang, just 2.5km from the mercurial Line of Control, a large rock presents a stark warning: “You are under enemy observation.” Other rocks on the route are inscribed with the words of Baltistan’s beloved poet Qurban Ali, who lived through the 19th and …
Editor’s note: This profile is part of a series where we examine the work of artists who’re engaging with questions of identity, and how it persists in the face of historical or cultural barriers. Although the 1971 war was one of the shortest in history, there were nonetheless people who were separated from loved ones, others who were left behind …