The Shepherd Who Did Not Lead

This is an ethnographic snapshot of an encounter with a Gaddi shepherd in the hills of Himachal Pradesh. The Gaddis are a semi-nomadic pastoral people who live across the Himalayan belt of Northern India. In this piece, I recount how this lone shepherd, with just a slight gesture and in unspoken words, shows me how a journey can be lived unbounded by time

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HIMALAYA
Published
2024-10-04
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https://doi.org/10.2218/himalaya.2024.9099
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Anthropological Studies and Insights
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The Shepherd Who Did Not Lead

Ishani Dasgupta
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The Shepherd Who Did Not Lead

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Abstract

This is an ethnographic snapshot of an encounter with a Gaddi shepherd in the hills of Himachal Pradesh. The Gaddis are a semi-nomadic pastoral people who live across the Himalayan belt of Northern India. In this piece, I recount how this lone shepherd, with just a slight gesture and in unspoken words, shows me how a journey can be lived unbounded by time

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