Ravina Aggarwal is an anthropologist who has written extensively about the Himalayas. Her publications include Beyond Lines of Control  Performance and Politics on the Disputed Borders of Ladakh, India and two edited volumes, Into the High Ranges: The Penguin Book of Mountain Writing and Forsaking Paradise: Short Stories from Ladakh. She was a tenured professor at Smith College, Massachusetts, and has worked for the Ford Foundation in New Delhi, before assuming her current position as the director of Columbia University's Global Center in Mumbai.

 

]]> en Thu, 05 07, 2026 04:58 pm Ravina Aggarwal is an anthropologist who has written extensively about the Himalayas. Her publications include Beyond Lines of Control  Performance and Politics on the Disputed Borders of Ladakh, India and two edited volumes, Into the High Ranges: The Penguin Book of Mountain Writing and Forsaking Paradise: Short Stories from Ladakh. She was a tenured professor at Smith College, Massachusetts, and has worked for the Ford Foundation in New Delhi, before assuming her current position as the director of Columbia University's Global Center in Mumbai.

 

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