Mangla Lake 2/2 Whereabouts: An off-roading trip to the Mangla Lake bed. Season: Spring 2019 History: When the Mangla Lake the 2nd largest earth filled lake in the world at its time was built in 1960s, whole villages on the Jhelum Basin drowned. Tidings: Our seasonal lake trips had already introduced me to the rise and fall of water levels, visible on vibrant range in the hues of green on the rocks that held the water behind their embankment, but it was a great grandmother of ours that introduced me to the unfathomable depths of this lake. This ancient woman once lived with her children in the old river basin, when the dam had not yet been constructed. When the tide dropped in the winters we would accompany her on her annual trips to her son's grave near an ancient temple’s ruins, that she somehow always managed to spot at once even on the marshes that once held this town. Our seasonal trips had already acquainted us with the structures that drowned, but she introduced us to the many sentiments that drowned with the stones and the branches and the minarets to every season. I had allready been introduced to the fact that one of waters greatest powers was to gradually erode history. But never before had I been struck with the power of a mothers heart that can travel even over a space-time continuum to keep revisiting memories, no matter how many times water tries to drown them. #theroamingarchitects #backinpakistan #manglalake https://www.instagram.com/p/BvJTv6InXCW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cgd3m1whctlf
