In Uttarakhand’s Sor Valley a shy laborer from Doti Nepal known as the Dotiya worked silently and faced mockery. One day a smiling foreigner greeted him leaving the Dotiya deeply shaken. Falling ill he later whispered If I couldn’t speak to the man who smiled at me… what could I say to the rest of you? People stopped laughing and began to listen. Near Mussoorie’s Jabarkhet an old haunted house still echoes with whispers and footsteps at night.