Daulat Beg Oldi: Flashpoint Of The Himalayas – Analysis

By Amitava Mukherjee

There is a strange story behind the ongoing stand-off between India and China in the Himalayas. On the northwestern corner of Ladakh, the epicenter of the present Indo-China confrontation, there is a place called Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO), situated at a height of 16,700 feet. Its strategic value is immense...