Sonam Wangchuk
@Wangchuk66 • 513,284 subscribers
Engineer turned education reformer. Like to learn n play with fire, ice, sun, earth ...
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READY FOR 6th JUNE... Armed with nothing but PEACE & LOVE Use of force if any, must not be from our side! Even if it means Jail... HAR EK KO ZINDAGI MEI EIK BAR JAIL JANA CHAHIYE NOT FOR A CRIME BUT FOR A CAUSE...! Sonam Wangchuk #CockroachJantaParty #CJP #SonamWangchuk
Sonam Wangchuk158,536 views • 9 hours ago
MY CLARIFICATION... to statements made by Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh regarding his warning to me to refrain from making comments on #CockroachJantaParty The meeting and the LG's tweet happened on 26th evening, yet I avoided reacting to the post that evening. But next morning it dawned on me that it was more of a press statement than just a tweet as the absurd statement appeared in several newspapers. So I made this video but again restrained myself from posting... Shayad unki aakhri ho yeh sitam, har sitam yeh soch kar hum seh gaye... But this morning even more media channels carried this... and I kept getting calls from journalists for my comments. So finally here it is... Media house are welcome to use it... no copyright
Sonam Wangchuk478,968 views • 6 days ago
BEGINNING OF DAY 12 OF #CLIMATEFAST 300 people sleeping outdoors under clear skies. Temperature: - 10 °C Today is big day... thousands of people wl join for a 1 day #ClimateFast here & in different Indian cities. Do please join such events by 'Friends Of Ladakh Friends of Nature' in your city today. To join & to learn about place and time in your city click this link: And please join a twitter storm tonight between 7 to 8 pm. You can post pics n videos of today's activities. Please use #SaveLadakh . Please tag Narendra Modi Amit Shah President of India
Sonam Wangchuk3,230,362 views • 2 years ago
20th Day OF MY #CLIMATEFAST 3000 people fasting with me. But still not a word from the government. Very unusual for a democracy... when 90% of the population have come out to remind the leaders of their promises and 100s have been on fast some for 20 days. But we're very impressed by the public support nationwide... making up for the compromised mainstream media. #SaveLadakh #SaveHimalayas #SaveGlaciers #6thSchedule James Cameron Greta Thunberg Leonardo DiCaprio 350 dot org UN Climate Change United Nations United NationsEP
Sonam Wangchuk2,957,368 views • 2 years ago
I AM BEING DETAINED... along with 150 padyatris at Delhi Border, by a police force of 100s some say 1,000. Many elderly men & women in their 80s and few dozen Army veterans... Our fate is unknown. We were on a most peaceful march to Bapu’s Samadhi... in the largest democracy in the world, the mother of democracy... Hai Ram! #saveladakh #savehimalaya #Climatemarch
Sonam Wangchuk2,093,813 views • 1 year ago
LEH IS BEING TURNED INTO A WAR ZONE with disproportionate force, barricades, smoke grenades. Attempts to arrest peaceful youth leaders even singers continue. Seems they want to turn a most peaceful movement violent & then brand Ladakhis as anti-nationals. Govt seems worried only about Ladakh's effects on their votes and on mining lobbies... not the people here nor even national security. Let's raise our voice, let's make... #RavivaarRashtraKeNaam #SundaysForTheNation #SaveLadakh #SaveHimalayas #SaveGlaciers #6thSchedule
Sonam Wangchuk2,262,885 views • 2 years ago
21st Day OF MY #CLIMATEFAST 350 people slept in - 10 °C. 5000 people in the day here. But still not a word from the government. We need statesmen of integrity, farsightedness & wisdom in this country & not just shortsighted characterless politicians. And I very much hope that Narendra Modi ji & Amit Shah ji will soon prove that they are statesmen... #SaveLadakh #SupportSonamWangchuk #SaveHimalayas #SaveGlaciers #6thSchedule @
Sonam Wangchuk1,478,513 views • 2 years ago
END OF DAY 18 OF #CLIMATEFAST I'm feeling bit better today. But deeply disturbed at the breach of trust that Ladakh witnessed from the Home Ministry. This disrespect for written manifestos will set the worst precedence in the nation. Already India ranks at a dismal 93rd position in honesty acc.Transparency International. Interestingly the countries that are at he top of the Transparency ranking are also at the top of the per capita income ranking... What does this imply! Where are our politicians leading us to? Hope you are joining Friends of Ladakh events in your city on Sunday tomorrow. #SaveLadakh #SAVEHIMALAYAS #SaveGlaciers #6thSchedule narendramodi_in
Sonam Wangchuk1,421,148 views • 2 years ago
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MODI JI from 8th Day Of Ladakh Anshan. Ladakh has always believed in Khatags (pure white scarf of respect & trust) as a better option over stones & sticks and anshan or painful fast over guns & fire. We hope we won't regret or be ridiculed. #HappyBirthdayModiji #SaveLadakh #SaveHimalayas #BharatBachao Narendra Modi PMO India
Sonam Wangchuk370,224 views • 8 months ago
HERE'S MY PADMASHRI & BHARAT RATNA Ever since I started speaking about the vast pasturelands in Ladakh being given to power companies without any local consultations... and generally about the safeguards of #indigenousrights in Ladakh under 6th Schedule for cultural & environmental safeguards, I have been getting many gifts... The latest one is about cancellation of HIAL's land lease & removal of buildings... #SaveLadakh #SaveHimalayas
Sonam Wangchuk399,633 views • 9 months ago
BEGINNING OF DAY 16 OF #CLIMATEFAST 120 people sleeping outdoors under clear skies. Temperature: - 8 °C 16 days of just water n salts is finally taking a toll. Feeling quite week. But I can still drag for another 25 days n perhaps will. I'm sure our path of truth will win eventually. In Anna Hazare's case Parliament unanimously passed the Lokpal Bill by the 13th day of his fast. Mahatma Gandhi had to sit for 21 days. Let's see how long ours takes...! We shall overcome some... day. #SaveLadakh #SaveHimalayas #SaveGlaciers #6thSchedule #BorderMarch
Sonam Wangchuk940,224 views • 2 years ago
Julay & greetings I don't have words to thank you all for ur solidarity with me, Gitanjali J Angmo & Ladakh. While I have been released from prision my phone etc. are still in custody. Please bear with me as I slowly limp back to normal life. While past 6 months hv been a most unjust ordeal, I do not know if anger & bitterness will help the cause I was fighting for... especially when the govt in its release order speaks of building 'mutual trust for constructive meaningful dialogue'. Hence its best to see this as an acceptance of mistakes & an intention to correct them & therefore stay positive. I have a lot to say about the ordeal but at the moment I do not want to derail this 'meaningful dialogue'... as Wangchuk cannot win if his CAUSE loses. My struggle was not for me, it was to make the govt fulfill it's pledge to Ladakh to safeguard it under 6th Schedule & to restore democracy. We await the next round of talks to see if Ladakh sees a new dawn... DO PLEASE continue your precious support. #ForeverPositive #SatyamevJayate
Sonam Wangchuk91,501 views • 2 months ago
DAY 18 OF MY #CLIMATEFAST 2000 fasting with me today. Morning Temperature: - 8 °C As the government comes under pressure from industrial lobbies we citizens need to neutralise this pressure by raising our voices... They only care about growth & development. But what does this growth mean for our other siblings in nature... #SaveLadakh #SaveHimalayas #SaveGlaciers #6thSchedule James Cameron Greta Thunberg Leonardo DiCaprio 350 dot org UN Climate Change United Nations United NationsEP
Sonam Wangchuk861,919 views • 2 years ago
END OF DAY 20 OF #CLIMATEFAST Still feeling bit down & drained... Today some 2500 people joined me for day long fast and some 300 are sleeping outdoors ... Here I Remind Amit Shah ji & Modi ji of the values they are supposed to represent... #SaveLadakh #SaveHimalayas #SaveGlaciers #6thSchedule Narendra Modi PMO India Amit Shah
Sonam Wangchuk744,183 views • 2 years ago
END 21st Day OF MY #CLIMATEFAST I'll be back... 7000 people gathered today. It was the end of the 1st leg of my fast. Btw 21 days was the longest fast Gandhi ji kept. From tomorrow women's groups of Ladakh will take it forward with a 10 Days fast, then the youth, then the monks from monasteries... then me again n so on. The journey has only started. But we still hope n trust we won't have to do all this. Sooner rather than later a sense of responsible leadership will arise in Narendra Modi ji n Amit Shah ji #SaveLadakh #SupportSonamWangchuk #SaveHimalayas #SaveGlaciers #6thSchedule
Sonam Wangchuk724,488 views • 2 years ago