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India takes glacier politics to new high (Asia Times) |
BANGALORE - India is using oropolitics (the use of mountaineering for political purposes) again to reassert its claim over Siachen Glacier. For the second year in a row, the Indian army is organizing a civilian trek to the glacier to underscore to the world its firm control over it.
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