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	'''Nilza Wangmo''' (born c. 1979) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ restaurant owner and an enthusiast for the local food of the [[Ladakh]] region of northern India. Her work in 2019 was recognised with the highest award for women in India – [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]].		'''Nilza Wangmo''' (born c. 1979<ref>{{cite news \|title=Nari Shakti awardees must contribute to eradicate malnutrition & save water: PM Modi \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nari-shakti-awardees-must-contribute-to-eradicate-malnutrition-save-water-pm-modi/articleshow/74546215.cms \|work=The Economic Times}}</ref>) is an Indian restaurant owner and an enthusiast for the local food of the [[Ladakh]] region of northern India.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Leh’d on a rustic platter: Ladakhi cuisine gets a modern makeover \|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/lehd-on-a-rustic-platter-ladakhi-cuisine-gets-a-modern-makeover/2368605/ \|work=The Financial Express \|date=14 November 2021}}</ref> Her work in 2019 was recognised with the highest award for women in India – [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Promoting Ladakhi cuisine earns Nari Shakti Puraskar for Nilza Wangmo \|url=https://www.asianage.com/newsmakers/080320/promoting-ladakhi-cuisine-earns-nari-shakti-puraskar-for-nilza-wangmo.html \|work=The Asian Age \|date=8 March 2020}}</ref>

	==Life==		==Life==
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	Her work in 2019 was recognised with the highest award for women in India.<ref name=toobland/> In celebration of [[International Women's Day]] in 2020 she was amongst fifteen women who were given the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] award by President Shri [[Ram Nath Kovind]].<ref name=f15>{{cite web\|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1605705\|title=President of India Confers Nari Shakti Puraskar for 2019		Her work in 2019 was recognised with the highest award for women in India.<ref name=toobland/> In celebration of [[International Women's Day]] in 2020 she was amongst fifteen women who were given the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] award by President Shri [[Ram Nath Kovind]].<ref name=f15>{{cite web\|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1605705\|title=President of India Confers Nari Shakti Puraskar for 2019
	\| access-date=2019-03-08\|publisher=ddnews.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ddnews.gov.in/national/president-ram-nath-kovind-gives-away-nari-shakti-puraskar-15-women-achievers\|title=President gives Nari Shakti Puraskar\| access-date=2019-03-08\|publisher=ddnews.gov.in}}</ref> It recognises women who forwarded women's empowerment.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/nilza-wangmo-to-get-nari-shakti-puraskar-for-promoting-ladakhi-cuisines-120030800174_1.html\|title=Nilza Wangmo to get Nari Shakti Puraskar for promoting Ladakhi cuisines\|date=2020-03-08\|work=Business Standard India\|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> She was chosen because her work was "contributed towards safeguarding women’s rights along with pushing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals". The women chosen for 2020 illustrated that they had not use allowed their location, their age, their gender or lack of resource as a reason for not having and achieving their ambition.<ref name=f15/>		\| access-date=2019-03-08\|publisher=ddnews.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ddnews.gov.in/national/president-ram-nath-kovind-gives-away-nari-shakti-puraskar-15-women-achievers\|title=President gives Nari Shakti Puraskar\| access-date=2019-03-08\|publisher=ddnews.gov.in}}</ref> It recognises women who forwarded women's empowerment.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/nilza-wangmo-to-get-nari-shakti-puraskar-for-promoting-ladakhi-cuisines-120030800174_1.html\|title=Nilza Wangmo to get Nari Shakti Puraskar for promoting Ladakhi cuisines\|date=2020-03-08\|work=Business Standard India\|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> She was chosen because her work was "contributed towards safeguarding women’s rights along with pushing the 2030 Agenda for [[Sustainable Development Goals]]". The women chosen for 2020 illustrated that they had not use allowed their location, their age, their gender or lack of resource as a reason for not having and achieving their ambition.<ref name=f15/>

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'''Nilza Wangmo''' (born c. 1979) is an [[India]]n restaurant owner and an enthusiast for the local food of the [[Ladakh]] region of northern India. Her work in 2019 was recognised with the highest award for women in India – [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]].

==Life==
Wangmo was born in [[Alchi]] in about 1979 after her father died. Her mothers parents took her in and was brought up in a village named "[[Stok]]". The village is in the mountains. She went to a missionary school whilst her mother worked for an NGO on low wages.<ref name=intoday>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/meet-a-woman-chef-who-beat-all-odds-to-spread-the-taste-of-ladakh-1614997-2019-11-02|title=Meet a woman chef who beat all odds to spread the taste of Ladakh|date=November 2, 2019|first=Pooja|last=Shali|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> Money was tight and although she entered college there was insufficient funds to keep her there. Her father's family were inhospitable and would not allow then to user her father's house. They would have been homeless if her mother's father had not paid for the construction of a home for her and her mother in Alchi.<ref name=toobland>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/204727/ladakh-alchi-kitchen-traditional-food-inspiring-woman-entrepreneur-india/|title=Lost Her Dad, Had to Leave College: Today, She Is Taking Ladakh's Food to the World|date=2019-12-03|website=The Better India|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> Her mother's father died in 2014.
[[file:Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Nari Shakti Puruskar for the year 2019 to Ms. Nilza Wangmo.jpg|left|thumb|President Shri [[Ram Nath Kovind]] presenting the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] to Nilza Wangmo]]
Wangmo started a business called "Alchi Kitchen" in 2016 using a business loan. The restaurant is above their home and attracts [[Tourism in Ladakh|tourists]] to trek and find her restaurant. They spent little money on advertising but after three years work of mouth had spread and the business was sound.<ref name=intoday/> Despite the popular view she believed that the food from her home region would appeal to visitors. Other restaurants served more tradition cuisine fearing that the local food tradition would be seen as too bland.<ref name=toobland/> She and her mother developed the menu that consists of a local pasta like product called [[Chutagi]] and the steamed dumplings called [[Momo (food)|Momo]]. Teas based on apricot kernels and their own special blend are served and the diners sit around a wood fired oven and watch the cooks create their meal.<ref name=toobland/>

However her food was appreciated and in 2019 she extending her business by teaching others about how to cook "her" cuisine. She says she employs only girls or women because there is no tradition of male chefs in the area.<ref name=intoday/>

Her work in 2019 was recognised with the highest award for women in India.<ref name=toobland/> In celebration of [[International Women's Day]] in 2020 she was amongst fifteen women who were given the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] award by President Shri [[Ram Nath Kovind]].<ref name=f15>{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1605705|title=President of India Confers Nari Shakti Puraskar for 2019
| access-date=2019-03-08|publisher=ddnews.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ddnews.gov.in/national/president-ram-nath-kovind-gives-away-nari-shakti-puraskar-15-women-achievers|title=President gives Nari Shakti Puraskar| access-date=2019-03-08|publisher=ddnews.gov.in}}</ref> It recognises women who forwarded women's empowerment.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/nilza-wangmo-to-get-nari-shakti-puraskar-for-promoting-ladakhi-cuisines-120030800174_1.html|title=Nilza Wangmo to get Nari Shakti Puraskar for promoting Ladakhi cuisines|date=2020-03-08|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> She was chosen because her work was "contributed towards safeguarding women’s rights along with pushing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals". The women chosen for 2020 illustrated that they had not use allowed their location, their age, their gender or lack of resource as a reason for not having and achieving their ambition.<ref name=f15/>

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