Where does changpa live?

describe the houses of leh

• Check in your map. Which states would one pass through while traveling from Mumbai to Kashmir?

• Gaurav Jani passed through several states while going from Mumbai to Delhi. Find the capital cities of these states. Was there any other big town on his way?

• Is Manali a plain or a hilly area? In which state is it?

• Have you ever stayed in a tent? Where? What was it like?

• Imagine that you were to stay alone in a small tent for two days and could take with you only ten things. Make a list of those ten things.

• What are the different types of houses that you have seen? Tell your friends about it. Make drawings too.

• During winters, Tashi and his family live on the ground floor. Why would they be doing so?

• What is the roof of your house like? What all is the roof used for?

• At what height is the place where you live?

• Why did Gaurav Jani say - “This place is so high that it is difficult to breathe normally?”

• Have you ever been to a hilly place? Where?

• At what height was it? Did you have any difficulty in breathing there?

• Which is the highest place you have been to?

• You read that in Changthang the temperature drops below 0°C. Look at newspapers on the TV to find cities in India or abroad where the temperature drops below 0°C. In which months do you expect to see this?