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Ladakh had some famous national leaders like Kushok Bakula, P Namgyal, Kacho Sikander Khan and Munshi Habibullah. It produced several technocrats, bureaucrats and military leaders like Sonam
Norboo, AJ Kundan, Colonel Rinchen, C Phunsog and others who held important political and diplomatic positions in the country. Ladakhis are also known to be true nationalists. The velour of
Ladakh Scout Regiments is well known. To draw an analogy between Ladakh with any other tribal communities of India therefore seems a folly. The expectation gap certainly needs to be
bridged. ‘CUT + PASTE’ TRIBAL POLICY WON’T WORK FOR LADAKH – A ‘CIVILISING’ MISSION MAY NOT END WELL The government, however, needs to tread carefully and avoid having a 'cut and
paste' tribal policy for Ladakh. To set the clock back to reviving the old feudal socio-economic hierarchy is even more unnecessary. At the same time, the Sixth Schedule demand also
appears imprudent and not a well thought-out idea – seemingly raised in a fit of hasty deliberation. Ladakh deserves much more, for it was once an ancient Western Himalayan Kingdom with a
profound cultural backdrop.