Away from home during the pandemic, five Ladakhis have lost their lives in quarantine across Iran and Rajasthan. The last 313 of over 800 pilgrims to return home share their ordeal On 11 May, 26-year-old Shamima Nabi shared a post on her Facebook timeline –a video featuring three elderly women with tears rolling down their cheeks as they voiced their concerns in Ladakhi, sitting in a hostel room with their hands on their knees. “On this mothers day many mothers from #Ladakh who are stranded in #Iran for almost three months are eager to come to their home," read the post. “Mother(s) are crying, they are waiting for evacuation since 3 month(s)." When Nabi, along with her mother Razia Bano, 62, left Ladakh in December for ziyarat, a holy