India, Oct. 22 -- Gitanjali Angmo, a social entrepreneur and educationist, in this exclusive interview with Paresh Malakar provides a detailed account of the work she and her husband, the detained activist and innovator Sonam Wangchuk, have done in Ladakh, as well as the events leading up to his arrest.

Paresh Malakar: First, I'd like to know when you met Sonam-ji?

It was several years ago at a conference on education.

And how is he doing in jail now?

He's a resilient and strong person, so he's holding up very well. His spirit is high, but because he was on a fast for 15 days just on salt and water, and they took him away immediately after that (unko le gaye the), he was certainly looking a bit weak. Mentally, he's strong, but it is c...