Nomads may appear to be living an idyllic and carefree life. Far from that, they suffer serious deprivations. The absence of education for their children is a major problem. The Jammu and Kashmir Government has come up with the novel scheme of mobile schools, reports Ehsan Fazili from Srinagar These nomadic women can breathe easier now as the mobile schools take care of the basic education of their children For centuries change has been the only constant factor in the life of nomads. Every year in April-May, more than two lakh people from the nomadic Gujjar and Bakarwal tribes arrive in the meadows of Kashmir and parts of Ladakh from Rajouri and Poonch districts and other areas of the Jammu region with their flocks of cattle and sheep. These meadows are their home from April to September, after which they begin their return journey. Though this seasonal shifting of