[Link] Inside a Booming Black Market for Heroin in the Shadow of the Himalayas

Read: 19/11/2021 www.vice.com

We spoke to a dealer who dodges Indian soldiers and checkpoints to sell drugs in the world’s most militarised zone. Srinagar, KASHMIR – Javed has been looking over his shoulder more often than he'd like.

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[Link] For These Buddhist Monks, Sex Ed Starts With Safe Masturbation

Read: 26/10/2021 www.vice.com

Sunshine pours in through the monastery classroom window as monks in crimson robes lock their gaze in rapt attention at the chalkboard. Their instructor smiles warmly and asks them what they know about the use of a condom.  

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[Link] ‘Beacon of hope’: Whole nation jabbed in just a week

Read: 29/7/2021 www.smh.com.au

Gauhati, India: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has fully vaccinated 90 per cent of its eligible adult population within just seven days, its health ministry says.

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