Inside Sonam Wangchuk’s ‘tribal house’ made of mud that needs no heating in Ladakh winters

Inside Sonam Wangchuk's house in Ladakh. (Photo: Sonam Wangchuk/Instagram)Innovator, educator and engineer Sonam Wangchuk, who emerged as the face of the CJP-led student protest, has finally been discharged from the Medanta Hospital. In a video shared after his discharge, Wangchuk announced that he would first visit Rajghat to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi before returning to the mountains—his home in Ladakh. Wangchuk was on a 26-day hunger strike as part of CJP protest, demanding broader reforms to the examination system and the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over multiple examination paper leaks. But did you know the celebrated engineer lives in a house he designed himself, one that beautifully blends traditional Ladakhi architecture with modern technology?Abo