Caught in India-China clashes, Ladakh’s nomadic herders fear for future

Nomads and farmers living in Chushul, India, which lies close to the border with China, cannot access their land [Priyanka Shankar/Al Jazeera]

Chushul, Ladakh, India – The bubbling sound of water boiling on the stove and the aroma of spinach dal fill the air in Tashi Angmo’s kitchen as she rolls dough to make a type of Tibetan bread.

“This is a dish which we call timok in Ladakh and tingmo across the border in Tibet,” she says as she prepares the apparatus to steam the dough she has rolled into balls resembling dumplings. “It’s a delicious meal after a hard day’s work.”