a teacher teaches counting techniques to a deaf and mute boy at an open air class at dadhkai village in the doda district 260 km 162 miles north of jammu june 18 2009 silence reigns in this sleepy village nestled high up in the himalayan mountains in northern india and where the majority of residents are either deaf or mute each of the 47 families in this village in jammu and kashmir state have a least one member who can neither hear nor speak the first reported case dates back to 1931 and now the numbers have swelled to 82 picture taken june 18 2009 reutersmukesh gupta indian adm 2d1a3n5.jpg from village pengal koothi open xxxī View Photo