
Kids, young moms leave men behind in Uttarakhand border villages for better education | India News
DEHRADUN: In a cluster of high-altitude villages near the India-China border in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district, households are shaped by absence. Across eight settlements – Harsil, Mukhba, Bagori, Dharali, Sukhi, Purali, Jhala and Jaspaur – the presence of young women and children has steadily thinned. The migration hasn’t been forced, nor has it followed economic distress….