Peony Hirwani
Bio:
Peony Hirwani is a freelance journalist and a rap and hip-hop enthusiast. She writes political and culture features for The Independent, Business Insider, and Harper's Bazaar.
When Padma Thinles was 11 years old, he lived in a city called Leh, in the northern Indian territory of Ladakh, on the Western side of the Himalayas. Then, it was a small village with streams brimming with freshwater. Now, “forget the streams,” said Thinles, who is now 21 and still lives in the region.