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Early Times Report
Leh: July 17
14th Colloquium of the International Association for Ladakh Studies (IALS) began at Leh today in which as many as 120 participants including international scholars are participating.
The Colloquium is organized by International Association for Ladakh Studies in collaboration with the Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh.
Apart from holding debates, discussions and deliberations on various current affairs issues of Ladakh, the Researchers who made research as well as study on historical, geographical, cultural, educational and environmental topics relating to Ladakh in the recent past, will present their papers during the 4-day colloquium.
Salman Haidar, former Foreign Secretary, Govt. of India who was chief guest on this occasion in his inaugural address threw lights on the important and relevant chapters of famous history book “ Tehrik-e-Jammu” (history of Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh) which was written by his grandfather Wazir Hashmatullah Khan.
Mentioning some interesting episodes of the life and deed of Wazir Hashmatullah Khan, chief guest said that his grandfather’s works proven to be a guiding accessible to the early history of Ladakh.
The President, IALS, John Bray, the Patron of IALS, Tashi Rabgias, Member IALS, Dr. Nawang Tsering and Secretary IALS, s. Monisha Ahmad also spoke at the inaugural function.
Highlighting the role of IALS, the speakers said that the International Association for Ladakh Studies working towards the research and documentation of a range of topics on Ladakh from art and culture to education, language, development and health issues.
The Association has been in existence since the early 1980s and has held several successful colloquiums in Europe, the UK as well as Leh and Kargil attaining remarkable achievements in the outline of 12 volumes of a referential as well as source book for future studies about Ladakh.
The speakers strongly urged that the 21st century should be an era of discussion and dialogue to understand and respect the faith of each others.
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