Homeland or Religion? Personal Identity Building in Zangskar, Indian Himalayas

Who are you? Where do you come from? These two simple questions have so many answers and are sometimes even difficult to answer.This book tells the story of a Buddhist-Muslim community from Padum, in the Zangskar Valley - Indian Greater Himalayas. The author has gained a unique insight into this community during twenty years of research while the people shared doubts and joys with her. These experiences showed her that the meaning of “belonging” to a homeland or a confessional group, and therefore the transformation of the process of identity building in our modern world, is bridging the gap between tradition and modernity.