Dhumba Lake - Thini Village

Dhumba Lake is a sacred Buddhist lake and for the same reasons, the lake was fenced with prayer flags. There is an interesting story behind this lake as per the locals. Legends say that the lake water once turned red on its own and only after long, devoted religious ceremonies performed by Tibetan Buddhists that the water returned to its natural color. So it’s been considered a scared lake since then and according to some locals the fish from the lake is never consumed. Some locals claim to come here in order to pray for same sort of change in their lives for their betterment.

There’s a gompa (or stupa) called Kuchup Terenga Gompa (approx. 3000mts) about fifteen minutes of uphill walk from the lake. All the religious rituals at the gompa are initiated by using the scared water from the lake as a form of religious offering.

The lakeside is perfect for spending afternoon amongst picturesque snow-clad peaks and spectacular views of the valley. A calm and pleasant place to relax, it is a worthy stopover if you’re in Jomsom.  If you wish to go up to the gompa, you can have even more striking 360 degree view of the area. The sacred lake is truly a mesmerizing treat to the eyes and so is the whole trek. The apple orchards and the mud houses of the Thini Village are magnificent and give a good peek into the Mustang culture. It is believed that the Thini Village overlooks the old salt trade route between Tibet and Nepal.

However, if you wish you can continue the trek from Dhumba Lake up to the Marpha Village which is a famous Thakali village. Marpha is the apple capital of the nation and you can take a good look at the apple and apricot industry there along with the local Tibetan monastery.



Someone Is Stealing Your Life -Michael Ventura

 Someone Is Stealing Your Life -Michael  Ventura

In this essay, the writer describes the exploitation, lack of freedom and the lack of authority that the most workers of the U.S.A. experience. The writer strongly advocates for the situation in which the workers are free to express their ideas, contribute in the decision making and get the finally atmosphere for working.

In this essay, the writer strongly advocates for the rights of working class people especially of the USA. The writer doesn’t mean that the workers should get equal profit and authority. However, he believes that the employers don’t have the rights to exploit or rub the like of the worker. At least, there must be the value of the workers contribution and his voice should be heard and included in decision making process.

Out of 52 weeks, a worker gets only two weeks paid holiday. In that sense, out of 6 years of servile, a worker gets only 12 weeks of his own. It is hardly 3 months. Similarly, it is a worker who stands for the company. In other words, workers are the life line of any company. But the tragically, the workers don’t have any decision making power. In a sense, they are just the puppet of their employers. They are almost treated as slaves.

According to the writer, the owner has taken the greatest risk of investing their money in the business. So obviously they must get a greater amount of profit. But the fact is that they must not exclude the workers from the authority. Truly speaking, the workers have every right to know about their company, their product and the decision which are being taken. However, it is the workers who are victimized mostly when the company is bankrupted by the wrong decision.

The writer of this essay seems to be making a radical statement that the workers should get some share in the company in which they work. His ideas are not beyond criticism however his main argument is that the workers should get friendly atmosphere for their work and their contribution or the price of their sweat must be paid. Besides, he also encourages the worker to work against the injustice and work for their betterment. He also challenges the employers if they expect their workers to be passive and dance according to their time, it would be their greatest error.

Our Schedules Ourselves -Jay Walljasper

 Our Schedules Our Selves -Jay Walljasper

 In this essay, the writer advocates for the free use of time. He hates the idea of schedule life and recommends for the magical spontaneous moments that provide the real bliss of life. As soon as a person breaks up his schedule, he gets freedom and he is able to achieve unimaginative happiness.

Due to the so-called modernity, the life of the people has been burdened with hectic factors like work and routine. As a result, a modern man has become the slave of time. Obviously, the time is limited but the person has to do unlimited works. From morning to evening, the person is busy in following his schedule and tired up his work. It is very rare that a person gets time. As a result a person is deprived of the real pleasure that his life offers to him.

“We are bigger than our schedules” said Paulo and he was absolutely right. We are not born for being slave of time. In the name of the following the pace of time, we are trying to fly with it and consequently we have been enslaved. Besides, the concept of part of time jobs, single parents, two workers at home, the increase in the so-called standard of life, etc. are responsible for making us the slave of our schedules.

The writer suggests the people not to work overtime as well as not to have over desire. The so called options always drag a person to slavery. Therefore, a person should put some time for the unprepared schedules that he could feel the real bliss of life.

The writer doesn’t mean that we should not do our routine work but his anger is towards the over hectic life due to the so-called material prosperity. Moreover, he intends to make the people aware that unplanned schedules empower a person or reutilize him immediately. So it is necessary to break up the schedules time and again.

The Rage To Know -Horace Freeland Judson

 The Rage To Know -Horace Freeland Judson

In this essay, the writer explains the various reasons for which the scientists are involved in their professions including challenges, exhibitions, discoveries and pleasures. They believe that they can put themselves apart through the scientific endeavors.

In this essay, the writer tries to dig out the causes behind the involvement of the scientists in their profession. In fact it is the moment of truth that motivates them to remain in the profession. The scientific discoveries are not only clear but it is also beautiful. As a result, the scientists are eager to remain in their profession and give the society something new. Besides the scientist also know that there is unity in diversity. They always try to find out a binding element among the diverse things.

Obviously, there are numbers of hurdles, dissatisfaction as well as frustration. However, the pride is still keeping himself apart from the peer as well as the sense of competition always motivate the scientist for their hard work. Moreover, curiosity and passion for work are inevitable part of the scientist. Once they start their work, they don’t leave it until they get a satisfactory conclusion. Along with other motivation, there is an impulse of the rage to know. Every scientist has strong thirst for knowledge which is not quenched until he gets something for which he can feel pride for. Similarly, there is a pleasure motive in the discovery of the scientist. Whenever they see a new thing and unending curiosity gets born in them and consequently they get pleasure out of it.

Though this essay is concerned with the scientist and their devotion and determination to their world, as a whole, this essay tries to inspire the people that despite the frustration and difficulties, now have to do his work, feeling tremendous leisure the devoted world or labor one can draw a good reserve.

Los Pobres -Richard Rodriguez

 Los Pobres -Richard Rodriguez

In this autobiographical story, the writer expresses his own experience as a construction worker. In order to experience the pain and pleasure of the ‘real work’, he joins the summer work but he is unable to feel the real experience of “Los Pobres” i.e poor and powerless. Only after seeing the pathetic condition of the Mexican Migrant workers, he realizes the real condition as well as exploitation of Los Pobres.

In this autobiographical story, the writer speaks for the rights of Los Pobres i.e the poor and powerless people. Although this story is related with the writer himself, there is a great empathy with the working class people for the writer himself tried to feel the real experience of the hard work. Besides, the writer, in the beginning thought that the workers were different from what his mother told him about but later he realized that the real workers were truly poor and powerless.

During his graduation, the writer was in search of the summer job and one of his friends suggested him that he should get a job as a worker. In fact, the writer would like to experience the suffering of the ‘real work’ because he would like to show his father that he even had the experience of it. During his interview with the contractor, the writer aid that he had the experience of physical labor though he had never worked physically in his life. Undoubtedly the people have told him that the physical the physical labour was beyond his capacity but he enjoyed the work very much. Moreover, unlike his expectations, he found the workers not being ‘Los Pobres’ but being middle class as well as like himself. He was ever surprise that the workers were not of similar interest and skills even though they were daily wage labours. They had diverse interest and skills for example some of them were abstract painters where as some others were poet and the writers.

The writer, in the beginning felt that he had got the experience of the ‘real work’ but later he realized that an educated person could never feel the real experience of the Mexican Migrant work as made him realized that they lack public identity remain completely and they were the people falling apart. Due to the lack of proper communication and the language, problem they were acting like the puppet in the command of their contractor. Moreover, they were unaware of the minimum human rights and consequently they were victimized rudely. Their quietness was the indication of how helpless they were in the foreign land. Their sweating face and the hard harsh body really invited the sympathy from the writer. He obviously got the answer which he was searching for from his childhood. He clearly knew that he could never be the ‘Los Pobres’.

This story is very powerful not only in depicting the life of the poor and powerless but also in advocating for their rights. Indirectly, the writer speaks for the poor and the powerless people and against their exploitation by the employers. Despite being an autobiographical story, this story is able to generalize the common experience of the working people. Similarly this story changes the perspective of the people towards the working class people. Instead of heretic and mockery, they deserve love and respect.