Photo Date : July, 2026
The grind and hustle culture has gained massive traction in the past few years, where the mere word rest has started to look like something meant only for the weak. Waking up before the sun rises for an ice bath, meal prepping for your entire week, and optimizing a routine down to ten minutes is the new standard. One job no longer cuts it. It takes multiple jobs, a few investment portfolios, and side hustles to take you straight to the top. While I have no problem with this lifestyle and everyone is free to do what they want, I hear a lot of rhetoric sounding along the lines of "If you aren't successful, then it is your fault for not working hard enough." These statements are heavily targeted at the poor, the underprivileged, or the simply unlucky.
When privilege comes in many shapes and forms, including your postcode, country, time, established network, and sheer luck, it is very easy to label less fortunate people as lazy. The reality is that nobody starving of hunger is sitting around lazily. The people at the absolute bottom of the socioeconomic ladder consistently work much harder, for longer hours, and endure a much heavier physical and mental toll than someone sitting in a climate controlled corner office.
The stone steps of this temple at Patan Durbar Square have stood for centuries and witnessed life as it has gone on. Dynasties have changed, cultures have evolved, countless political shifts have happened, and it just sits there being. Locals and people from all over the world like to rest and lean against its statues. I wonder if these men are just exhausted by life's endless asks or if they are simply looking at others and wondering what madness it this and why everyone is rushing all the time. Whatever it may be, history has certainly always shown that when one group of people, blind to their own privilege, demonizes those who just weren't a part of the permutation they benefit from, suffering is inevitable and the destruction is always mutually distributed.
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