Secret of the Swans

Recap : Gayatri , Satori and Jamshid embark on the adventure of finding the lost valley of Shangri-La and the “other” Mansarovar Lake with pearl - eating swans. At the end of the Journey , they find the place and learn its true secret. None had slept that night and the night after. Immense sadness [...]

Recap : Gayatri, Satori and Jamshid had embarked upon  a journey driven by their inner callings. Where all failed, the three reached their destination to the valley of Shangri-La and the “other” Mansarovar Lake where a devastating secret waited for them. The undernourished trio, for want of food, liquid and breath, failed to grasp the [...]

Recap : Gayatri, Satori and Jamshid are guided by the Chief Monk to follow their dreams and look for the valley of Shangri-La and “other” Mansarovar Lake. The gate to the valley would not open by normal attempts;  the three were specially chosen. An inner search brought them closer to their answers.   Their hearts [...]

Recap : Gayatri and Jamshid met Satori at the Monastery where the Chief Monk revealed the possible location of the valley of Shangri-La. The three formed an alliance and decided to pursue this new expedition. The road to Mansarovar Lake was well travelled by the three on many previous occasions. In this journey their togetherness, [...]

Recap : Gayatri, Satori and Jamshid are guided by their childhood memories and dreams over the years, to look for pearl-eating Swans and the lost valley of Shangri-La   With the registrations complete, the mountaineering participants exchanged notes. Social media had taken care of earlier familiarisations and now it was time for the real meeting. [...]

Meet Satori and Jamshid. Another person was also driven by childhood memories of a hidden place, only through his fantasies. A young man stood on the terrace of the oldest monastery, scanning the horizon to catch the first glimpse of pre-dawn sun rays. Satori was the Arousing Monk; the disciple who let the elders sleep [...]

Synopsis Gayatri, Satori and Jamshid – avid mountaineers and deep water divers, heed to their inner callings and embark on an expedition to the unexplored Himalayan terrains, in search of the lost valley of Shangri-La and the real Mansarovar Lake with its pearl-eating Swans. Under the guidance of the Chief Monk and the resources of [...]

Gayatri woke up and could feel her own voice crying out , "I'm coming ". Once again, she saw the images of snow covered mountains, numbing cold and only the sound of the whining wind, beckoning her to come. It was only 3am. Knowing that sleep had deserted her, she got up and after a [...]