OLIVIA ENLIGHTENED
ENGLISH SCHOOL
Name Of the project (Topic)
The astonishing Himalaya’s diversity is multifaceted that brings
solidarity and results in PEACE, HARMONY and DERIVATION of KNOWLEDGE.
The GREATER HIMALAYAS have long been influencing our CULTURE and
TRADITION to tie a knot among various Nations in order to make this
WORLD a better place to live in. And the WORLD also agrees with us and
that is really a matter of HAPPINESS.
Name : Abhay Jaiswal
Class : 11
Stream : SCIENCE
Roll No. : 01
Session : 2023 & 2024
ANUP KANTI SARKAR
PGT – ENGLISH
MENTOR & GUIDE
OLIVIA ENLIGHTENED ENGLISH SCHOOL
Name Of the
project (Topic)
The astonishing Himalaya’s diversity is multifaceted that brings solidarity and results in PEACE,
HARMONY and DERIVATION of KNOWLEDGE. The GREATER HIMALAYAS have long been influencing
our CULTURE and TRADITION to tie a knot among various Nations in order to make this WORLD a
better place to live in. And the WORLD also agrees with us and that is really a matter of HAPPINESS.
Name : Abhay Jaiswal
Class : 11
Stream : SCIENCE
Roll No. : 01
Session : 2023 & 2024
“My experience in Hor came as a stark contrast to accounts I’d read of earlier
travellers’ first encounters with Lake Manasarovar. Ekai Kawaguchi, a
Japanese monk who had arrived there in 1900, was so moved by the sanctity of
the lake that he burst into tears. A couple of years later, the hallowed waters
had a similar effect on Sven Hedin, a Swede...” (SILK ROAD by Nick Middleton)
OBJECTIVES
This project is based on SILK ROAD, the travelogue-research based
study of Nick Middleton, an Oxford Professor, who travelled far and
wide of the Greater Himalayan Region. The travelogue is grounded
in better understanding of History, Culture and Geography of the
Himalayan Region and creating an awareness of the fact among the
readers to familiarize them with the importance of travelling far
and wide and to create a close bond of LOVE for gathering and
gaining knowledge that results in PEACE- PROSPERITY-SOLIDARITY
and PROGRESS.
This project work titled “The astonishing
Himalaya’s diversity is multifaceted that brings
solidarity and results in PEACE, HARMONY and
DERIVATION of KNOWLEDGE. The GREATER
HIMALAYAS have long been influencing our
CULTURE and TRADITION to tie a knot among
various Nations in order to make this WORLD a
better place to live in. And the WORLD also agrees
with us and that is really a matter of
HAPPINESS” has been carried out by the
guidance and instructions of Shri ANUP KANTI
SARKAR, PGT ENGLISH of OLIVIA ENLIGHTENED
ENGLISH SCHOOL.
Mentor & Guide
CONTENT
1) A FLAWLESS half-moon floated in a perfect blue sky on the morning we said our goodbyes.
Extended banks of cloud like long French loaves glowed pink as the sun emerged to splash the
distant mountain tops with a rose-tinted blush. Now that we were leaving Ravu, Lhamo said she
wanted to give me a farewell present. One evening I’d told her through Daniel that I was heading
towards Mount Kailash to complete the kora, and she’d said that I ought to get some warmer
clothes. After ducking back into her tent, she emerged carrying one of the long-sleeved sheepskin
coats that all the men wore. Tsetan sized me up as we clambered into his car. “Ah, yes,” he
declared, “drokba, sir.”
2) As hills started to push up once more from the rocky wilderness, we passed
solitary drokbas tending their flocks. Sometimes men, sometimes women, these
well-wrapped figures would pause and stare at our car, occasionally waving as we
passed. When the track took us close to their animals, the sheep would take
evasive action, veering away from the speeding vehicle.
3) We passed nomads’ dark tents pitched in splendid isolation,
usually with a huge black dog, a Tibetan mastiff, standing guard.
These beasts would cock their great big heads when they became
aware of our approach and fix us in their sights. As we continued to
draw closer, they would explode into action, speeding directly
towards us, like a bullet from a gun and nearly as fast.
4) By now we could see snow-capped mountains gathering on
the horizon. We entered a valley where the river was wide and
mostly clogged with ice, brilliant white and glinting in the
sunshine. The trail hugged its bank, twisting with the
meanders as we gradually gained height and the valley sides
closed in.
5) A swathe of the white stuff lay across the track in front of us, stretching for
maybe fifteen metres before it petered out and the dirt trail reappeared. The
snow continued on either side of us, smoothing the abrupt bank on the upslope
side. The bank was too steep for our vehicle to scale, so there was no way round
the snow patch. I joined Daniel as Tsetan stepped on to the encrusted snow and
began to slither and slide forward, stamping his foot from time to time to
ascertain how sturdy it was. I looked at my wristwatch. We were at 5,210 metres
above sea level.
6) I checked my watch again as we continued to climb in the
bright sunshine. We crept past 5,400 metres and my head began
to throb horribly. I took gulps from my water bottle, which is
supposed to help a rapid ascent.
7) My headache soon cleared as we careered down the other side of the pass. It was two o’clock
by the time we stopped for lunch. We ate hot noodles inside a long canvas tent, part of a
workcamp erected beside a dry salt lake. The plateau is pockmarked with salt flats and brackish
lakes, vestiges of the Tethys Ocean which bordered Tibet before the great continental collision
that lifted it skyward. This one was a hive of activity, men with pickaxes and shovels trudging
back and forth in their long sheepskin coats and salt-encrusted boots. All wore sunglasses
against the glare as a steady stream of blue trucks emerged from the blindingly white lake laden
with piles of salt.
8) By late afternoon we had reached the small
town of Hor, back on the main east-west
highway that followed the old trade route
from Lhasa to Kashmir.
9) Hor was a grim, miserable place. There was no vegetation whatsoever, just dust
and rocks, liberally scattered with years of accumulated refuse, which was
unfortunate given that the town sat on the shore of Lake Manasarovar, Tibet’s most
venerated stretch of water. Ancient Hindu and Buddhist cosmology pinpoints
Manasarovar as the source of four great Indian rivers: the Indus, the Ganges, the
Sutlej and the Brahmaputra. Actually only the Sutlej flows from the lake, but the
headwaters of the others all rise nearby on the flanks of Mount Kailash. We were
within striking distance of the great mountain and I was eager to forge ahead.
10) I was served by a Chinese youth in
military uniform who spread the grease
around on my table with a filthy rag before
bringing me a glass and a thermos of tea.
11) Half an hour later, Tsetan relieved me from my
solitary confinement and we drove past a lot more
rocks and rubbish westwards out of town towards
Mount Kailash.
12) My experience in Hor came as a stark contrast to accounts I’d read
of earlier travellers’ first encounters with Lake Manasarovar. Ekai
Kawaguchi, a Japanese monk who had arrived there in 1900, was so
moved by the sanctity of the lake that he burst into tears. A couple of
years later, the hallowed waters had a similar effect on Sven Hedin, a
Swede who wasn’t prone to sentimental outbursts.
13) Tsetan took me to the Darchen medical college the following morning. The
medical college at Darchen was new and looked like a monastery from the outside
with a very solid door that led into a large courtyard. We found the consulting room
which was dark and cold and occupied by a Tibetan doctor who wore none of the
paraphernalia that I’d been expecting. No white coat, he looked like any other
Tibetan with a thick pullover and a woolly hat. When I explained my sleepless
symptoms and my sudden aversion to lying down, he shot me a few questions
while feeling the veins in my wrist.
14) I asked him if he thought I’d
recover enough to be able to do the
kora. “Oh yes,” he said, “you’ll be
fine.”
15) I walked out of the medical college clutching a brown envelope stuffed with fifteen
screws of paper. I had a five-day course of Tibetan medicine which I started right away. I
opened an after- breakfast package and found it contained a brown powder that I had to
take with hot water. It tasted just like cinnamon. The contents of the lunchtime and
bedtime packages were less obviously identifiable. Both contained small, spherical
brown pellets. They looked suspiciously like sheep dung, but of course I took them. That
night, after my first full day’s course, I slept very soundly. Like a log, not a dead man.
16) My initial relief at meeting Norbu, who was also staying in the guest house, was tempered by the
realisation that he was almost as ill-equipped as I was for the pilgrimage. He kept telling me how fat
he was and how hard it was going to be. “Very high up,” he kept reminding me, “so tiresome to walk.”
He wasn’t really a practising Buddhist, it transpired, but he had enthusiasm and he was, of course,
Tibetan.
Although I’d originally envisaged making the trek in the company of devout believers, on reflection I
decided that perhaps Norbu would turn out to be the ideal companion. He suggested we hire some
yaks to carry our luggage, which I interpreted as a good sign, and he had no intention of prostrating
himself all round the mountain. “Not possible,” he cried, collapsing across the table in hysterical
laughter. It wasn’t his style, and anyway his tummy was too big.
INTRODUCTION
The ASL Project assigned to us based
on the topic give me an unending
pleasure to find various things about
Silk Route . From ancient time till
know silk route plays a vital role in
business,trade and commerce. It
also helped to nourish cultural
exchange among various nation of
the world . The pictures beauty of
the Himalaya’s . The preslene quality
of the surrounding atmosphere has
always made it favourable for the
travelers to visit this place . I
personally have tried my level best
to make this project attractive as
well as impressive . I shall be
thankful to mine mentor & guide . If
he takes this project into
consideration
The statement draws parallels between the
diversity and unifying influence of the
Himalayas and the historical significance of
the Silk Road. Just as the Himalayas'
diversity brings solidarity, peace, and
knowledge exchange, the Silk Road
facilitated cultural exchange, economic
prosperity, and diplomatic ties among
nations along its route. Both the Greater
Himalayas and the Silk Road have played
pivotal roles in shaping global culture and
tradition, serving as conduits for cross-
cultural interaction and cooperation. The
statement implies that just as the world
recognizes the Himalayas' contribution to
global harmony, it also acknowledges the
historical importance of the Silk Road in
fostering unity and collaboration among
nations, thus bringing happiness and
progress.
CONCLUSION
The astonishing Himalaya’s
diversity is multifaceted that
brings solidarity and results in
PEACE, HARMONY and
DERIVATION of KNOWLEDGE.
The GREATER HIMALAYAS have
long been influencing our
CULTURE and TRADITION to tie
a knot among various Nations in
order to make this WORLD a
better place to live in. And the
WORLD also agrees with us and
that is really a matter of
HAPPINESS.
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