Learning from One Another

I really enjoyed this article for many reasons. It is to the point, short, and has a lot of interesting details and descriptions. In fact I really enjoyed reading about the description of Ladakh, "a remote patch of India perched high in the Himalayas". It truly seems so different from the world we live in here. Places such as this are very heavily rooted in their culture and are trying to keep it that way for the most part. It is interesting to me that "Ladkha is struggling to retain the best of traditional culture" so strongly when places like the U.S. allow culture to change so willingly. I feel that it is almost impossible for places such as Ladkha to keep their culture while at the same time make changes to their society. It seems that with new development, culture would change as well. As much as some people would like to deny, I feel that Western influence on Ladkha is a good thing. The article describes the downfalls of the underdeveloped society, and the amount of suffering families go through in the winter. Culture may be important, but the people of Ladkha could greatly benefit from Western ideals, and many lives could in turn be saved.