Friends are gone, the days are done.
The rain keeps falling, skies stay grey, Goodbyes were said, all slipped away.
Soon I'll leave, with memories tight —
A heart half here, lost in the night.
Do you know the reality of Sonam Wangchuk.
The Home Ministry had cancelled the FCRA licence of the NGO run by Sonam Wangchuk, called SECMOL, which was receiving funds from mainly USA and China. Despite this, SECMOL continued to receive funds through foreign entities through hidden pathways, cards, and unauthorized networks.
Amit Shah brought new rules for FCRA in June 2026.
Immediately after the new rules of FCRA were imposed, Sonam Wangchuk joined the CJP protest on a hunger strike on June 28, 2026.
Connect the dots.
Sonam Wangchuk, who is credited for creating vertical, cone shaped ice towers, (Ice Stupas) for which he won the Rolex Awards for Enterprise in 2016, essentially copied the ice stupa concept from Chewang Norphel, another Ladakhi.
Chewang Norphel was the first to invent the concept of making artificial glaciers, ice stupas and providing water to Ladakh & by 2012, he had made 12 such glaciers with the total cost of only 90,000 rupees. For this work,
Norfil won the Jamnalal Bajaj award for Application of Science and Technology for Rural Development for constructing these ice stupas in 2010.
He was also awarded the Padma Shri by the President of India in 2015.
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