Where the Wind Carries Memory — Mongolia

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12/02/26

In Mongolia, the landscape does not rush to impress you.
The steppe stretches outward in quiet confidence. Grass bends with the wind as if it has done so for centuries without complaint. A historian once described the land not as empty, but as “honest.” Nothing hidden. Nothing excessive.
The traditional ger tents stand lightly on the earth. They are built to move, not to dominate. That idea alone says something about how people learned to live here — travel when needed, adapt without resentment, carry home within you.
An elder guide once explained that the wind is not an inconvenience. It is a messenger. It carries stories, warnings, and sometimes only dust. But it always carries something.
Standing there, one realises that permanence is not always strength. Sometimes resilience is quieter — the ability to fold your walls and begin again.

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Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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