{"id":17710,"date":"2022-06-12T14:28:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T08:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/?p=17710"},"modified":"2022-06-21T17:47:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T12:17:41","slug":"zanskar-damsel-enchantress-empress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/zanskar-damsel-enchantress-empress\/","title":{"rendered":"Zanskar : Damsel &#8211; Enchantress &#8211; Empress"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17710\" class=\"elementor elementor-17710\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has-el-gap el-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-015bff3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"015bff3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23c5f14\" data-id=\"23c5f14\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0a9952 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0a9952\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zanskar is arguably the most pristine part of the Trans Himalayan region sitting majestically along the northern flank of the Great Himalayas. It was once a part of the Guge kingdom in Tibet. Zanskar is famous for its high beautiful mountains and landscape. It is one of the last surviving cultural bastions of Buddhist settlers of Tibet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has-el-gap el-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5336820 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5336820\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c314985\" data-id=\"c314985\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e18d35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e18d35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">The Damsel&#8230; <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17734 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220519_165023ddd-1024x649.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220519_165023ddd-1024x649.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220519_165023ddd-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220519_165023ddd-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220519_165023ddd-1536x974.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220519_165023ddd-2048x1299.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220519_165023ddd-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220519_165023ddd-450x285.jpg 450w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220519_165023ddd-1200x761.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/h2><p>A first glance might lead one to believe that this barren land and it&#8217;s inhabitants have been left far behind in the race of &#8220;<em>the modern life<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17735 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-10_19-40-01dddd-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-10_19-40-01dddd-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-10_19-40-01dddd-150x189.jpg 150w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-10_19-40-01dddd-450x566.jpg 450w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-10_19-40-01dddd.jpg 714w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/>On our drive from Purney to Padum, a lady stopped our jeep and despite the steep language barrier, we were able to make out that she needed a lift for herself and the bundle of wood she had on her back after a day of hard labour.<\/p><p>We could not have any verbal communication with the lady, however she knew the word &#8216;gaun&#8217; for her small hamlet of a village and politely repeated the word three times conveying very clearly that we were at her stop while we were approaching her village.<\/p><p>Although we couldn&#8217;t talk to the lady but we could make out how grateful and pleased she was for the ride. And why would she not be, she had just completed a journey in 35 minutes that would otherwise have easily taken her more than 2.5 hours.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_17737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17737\" style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17737 \" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/gggg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/gggg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/gggg-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/gggg-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/gggg-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/gggg-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/gggg-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/gggg.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chomo Nimma and her family at Zangla village<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Next day, we met the beautiful family of Chomo Nimma, a female Buddhist monk at Zangla village, about 35 kilometers from Padum. My cousin, being a frequent traveler in the region, has some ties with the local community. Every time he is around, he delivers supplies for the monasteries that friends and family pool in to buy&#8211; common stuff such as crayons, water colors, color pencils, coloring books, and some sporting equipment like badminton racquets and shuttle cocks.\u00a0 We were visiting Chomo Nimma&#8217;s family to deliver these supplies to be distributed in the nearby monasteries.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_17738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17738\" style=\"width: 195px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17738 \" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/asd-165x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"355\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/asd-165x300.jpg 165w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/asd-563x1024.jpg 563w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/asd-150x273.jpg 150w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/asd-450x819.jpg 450w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/asd.jpg 698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chomo Nimma&#8217;s grandfather graciously accepting a bottle of &#8216;Old Monk rum&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>During our conversation, we found out that Chomo Nimma&#8217;s grandfather was really fond of rum, which was a pretty rare find as <em>chhaang<\/em> is the drink of the land. We therefore took the opportunity to facilitate a meeting of the old man with the &#8216;O<em>ld Monk<\/em>&#8216;.<\/p><p>It really is an honest mistake to be affected by a savior complex while imagining oneself to be the knight in shining armour for the region. It&#8217;s not totally unfounded to believe at first sight that this beautiful land is a &#8216;damsel in distress&#8217; especially for those of us living in the &#8216;civilised world&#8217; and having been conditioned to confuse worldly possessions such as bigger houses, faster cars, and smarter phones to be the indicators of happiness and prosperity.<\/p><p>Full disclosure, I too have been a victim of this thought prison, or at least was in the beginning of our odyssey.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has-el-gap el-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc533e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc533e4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61ef8ca\" data-id=\"61ef8ca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0bb30b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b0bb30b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"630\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB2aWV3Qm94PScwIDAgMTAyNCA4MTknIHhtbG5zPSdodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2Zyc+PC9zdmc+\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17749 lazyload\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_12-45-48-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_12-45-48-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_12-45-48-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_12-45-48-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_12-45-48-450x360.jpg 450w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_12-45-48-1200x960.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_12-45-48.jpg 1280w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_12-45-48-1024x819.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has-el-gap el-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e79639 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e79639\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ff96de6\" data-id=\"ff96de6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14f65a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14f65a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>The Enchantress&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17758 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-56-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-56-2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-56-2-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-56-2-1024x1017.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-56-2-150x149.jpg 150w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-56-2-768x763.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-56-2-450x447.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/h2><p>Just when one unknowingly starts to feel a little sorry for the terrain and it&#8217;s people, especially because our minds have been trained since childhood to consider &#8216;<em>modern<\/em>&#8216; consumer lifestyle as being the only yardstick for <em>prosperity<\/em>, the valley casts it&#8217;s spell of beauty and before you know it, one is enchanted by the sheer pristine beauty of the terrain.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_17759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17759\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17759 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-56.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-56.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-56-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-56-1016x1024.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-56-150x151.jpg 150w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-56-768x774.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-56-450x453.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gombok Ranjan is a solitary peak considered holy by Tibetan Buddhists. It stands imposingly against the brilliant skies and breathtaking landscapes of Kurgyak valley.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_17763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17763\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17763 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-15-28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-15-28.jpg 960w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-15-28-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-15-28-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-15-28-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-15-28-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The amazing landscape is embellished by beautiful turquoise curves of the Zanskar river, the turf for the fabled &#8216;Chader trek&#8217; in winters.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_17773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17773\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17773 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_19-43-54.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_19-43-54.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_19-43-54-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_19-43-54-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_19-43-54-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_19-43-54-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_19-43-54-450x360.jpg 450w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_19-43-54-1200x960.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The short summer months produce herbage that further adds to the magical spell of the region&#8217;s beauty.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has-el-gap el-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac7e18f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac7e18f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc3127f\" data-id=\"bc3127f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98f568e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98f568e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The Empress&#8230;<\/h2><p>Just at the point one starts getting back to one&#8217;s senses from being awestruck by the beauty of the realm, one realises the power this ancient land of fables, mystery, and folklore bears.\u00a0<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_17777\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17777\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17777 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-59.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-59.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-59-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-59-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-59-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-59-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-11-59-450x450.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Majestic Zanskar mountains.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The beauty of the realm is such that even a photograph of a police check-post here is something that is actually an image that is frame-worthy.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_17778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17778\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17778 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-21-54.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-21-54.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-21-54-300x225.jpg 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sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Somewhere on the Padum &#8211; Leh highway.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>As one finally begins to wrap one&#8217;s head around the magnanimity and grandeur of the realm, one is repeatedly reminded of the glorious past and resilience of the region. This region has stood tall against invaders and the vagaries of climatic forces for thousands of years. The <em>gompas<\/em> in the mountains and around settlements instill a feeling of hope and serenity.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_17786\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17786\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17786 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-18-57.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-18-57.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-18-57-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-18-57-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-18-57-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-18-57-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-18-57-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_13-18-57-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fabled Gompas in a Zanskari village near Padum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has-el-gap el-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5812101 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5812101\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb7c857\" data-id=\"bb7c857\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bb51c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bb51c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The terrain and topography oozes a sense of calmness and peace, as if the landscape has imbibed the wisdom of ancient travelers and centuries of chants from the Buddhist monasteries.<\/p><p>One needs to open up and surrender to the captivating beauty of this wonderland. Zanskar is one of the last standing bastions where nature and innocence has thus far not been trampled under the feet of consumer driven tourism and human greed.<\/p><h2>A rude jolt back to &#8220;our&#8221; reality&#8230;<\/h2><figure id=\"attachment_17790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17790\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17790 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_14-22-55-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_14-22-55-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_14-22-55-2-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_14-22-55-2-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_14-22-55-2-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_14-22-55-2-150x68.jpg 150w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_14-22-55-2-450x203.jpg 450w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/photo_2022-06-11_14-22-55-2-1200x540.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And we return to our harsh reality on the way out of Ladakh with a massive 3 hour traffic jam on the Bara-lacha pass caused not by nature but human inability to drive in a que and follow simple rules.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>While being stuck in a three-hour traffic jam resulting from human stupidity and impatience on the Bara-lacha pass while it starts to snow, one is left wondering if humanity and it&#8217;s way of life is something that needs seriously reconsidering. It has been proven scientifically and is now almost common knowledge that the race we are running as a species does not have a happy ending.<\/p><p>It is high time for Homo sapiens as a species to consider if those of us living on the other side of the proverbial mirror in a few places like Zanskar are the damsels who are in distress or is it the other way around?<\/p><p>One thing we need to get straight is, there&#8217;s no knight in shining armour coming to save us from the ticking self destruct sequence we are sitting upon. The people of Zanskar with their sustainable-subsistence and more importantly happy-content lifestyle might just be the only glance we could have at our Knights on shining white horses of snow, a last hope to inspire us to get back to basics and redefine happiness and prosperity before we reach the tipping point, which one can only hope and pray is not already in the rear view mirror.<\/p><p>Edited by: Aparna Nair<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zanskar is arguably the most pristine part of the Trans Himalayan region sitting majestically along the northern flank of the Great Himalayas. It was once a part of the Guge kingdom in Tibet. Zanskar is famous for its high beautiful mountains and landscape. 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