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Komic Is a Village, Not an Altitude Certificate for Tourists

Komic Is a Village, Not an Altitude Certificate for Tourists

Ananya Ghosh ·

The disputed “highest village” label attracts visitors, but it reduces a living Spiti community to a superlative. Responsible travel should value the people and limits of the place more than the signboard photograph.

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