Activist Ends Hunger Strike
This is a Ladakh news story, published by BBC, that relates primarily to Sonam Wangchuk news.
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•Sonam Wangchuk: The activist who went on a hunger strike to save his cold desert home
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Sonam Wangchuk , 58 , is an engineer and innovator in his home region of Ladakh .
He is demanding more autonomy for people in the northernmost part of India .
He ended his 16-day-long hunger strike this week after talks with the government failed.
Mr Wangchuk has a long history of challenging the status quo.
Protesters say that people in cities are not mindful of the unique needs of Himalayan regions.
They say that Ladakh 's ecology means that it can't follow the development models of other Indian states.
Protesters say they will continue their fight until they have a say in what happens in Ladakh .
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