New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Snow-dusted peaks, turquoise lakes, and storybook villages make Graubunden one of Switzerland's most beautiful cantons. Famous for glitzy resorts like St Moritz, Davos, and Laax, it is also a rural heartland where mountain traditions such as shepherding, cheesemaking, and woodcarving endure. The local food reflects the rugged Alpine terrain: hearty, filling, and inventive, designed to sustain farmers and herders through long winters.

Graubunden, Switzerland's largest canton, is also one of its most culturally distinctive. It is home to the Romansh people, speakers of the country's fourth national language, a lyrical tongue derived from Latin and heard nowhere else in the world. As Martin Dahinden, former Swiss Ambass...