A Chopan woman prepares tea in her temporary Kotha (shelter) in Zoji La, a high mountain pass of the Himalayas
A Chopan youth in her temporary shelter in Zoji La, a high mountain pass in the Kargil district of the Himalayas
A nomadic family's temporary shelter sits atop the cliffs of the high mountain pass at Zoji La in the Kargil district of the Himalayas
Mother and child in the high mountains of the Himalayas, where they move from one place to the next with their herd of sheep and goats
Nomadic settlement on the Zojila pass on the Ladakh highway
Mother and her son in front of their settlement in the hills of the Himalayas
A young woman of the nomadic Bakarwal community in Kashmir
Women power. Bakarwal nomads from Kashmir.
Bakarwal girl on the roof of a mud house in Budgam, Kashmir
The Bakarwals are a nomadic community, that traditionally migrates through the valleys and over the mountainous areas of Jammu and Kashmir. Both the Bakarwals and the Gujjars have no choice but to adapt to the rapidly changing system of a society that alienates them from who they are.
Bakarwal nomad in her temporary home built from mud and wood in Budgam district, in Indian-controlled Kashmir
A Bakarwal woman in Budgam, Kashmir, radiating with beauty
