Aimless in Banaras: Wanderings in India’s Holiest City

About the Book
A SENSUOUS PORTRAIT OF INDIA’S HOLIEST CITY AS WELL AS A MEDITATION ON LIFE—AND DEATH
While cremating his mother at the famed Manikarnika Ghat, Bishwanath Ghosh pretended he was a writer collecting material for a future book rather than a grieving son—his way of dealing with the last rites. A few years later, he returns to Banaras to write that book. Plunging into its timeless aura, he roams its ghats and galis, sails through the cool breeze of the Ganga, walks through the heat of funeral pyres.
One moment he is observing a sadhu show off his penile strength, in the next he is on a boat with a young woman who has been prophesied to marry seven times, one moment he is in conversation with the celebrated writer Kashinath Singh, who is an atheist, and in the next he is having tea with a globetrotting priest and a godfearing doctor.
Ghosh finds a story in every bend as he engages with quintessential Banarasis—their paanstuffed mouths spouting expletives and wisdom with equal flair—and discovers why they are among the happiest people on earth. Then one evening at Manikarnika, as he emerges from a temple, wearing ash from the cremation ground on his forehead, he finds a bit of Banaras in himself.
Aimless in Banaras is not only a sensuous portrait of India’s holiest city but also a meditation on life—and death.

About the Author
Bishwanath Ghosh, born in Kanpur on 26 December 1970, is the author of the hugely popular Chai, Chai: Travels in Places Where You Stop But Never Get O. He’s also a Hindi poet, who has two wellreceived compilations—Jiyo Banaras and TedhiMedhi Lakeeren—to his credit. His other books include Tamarind City: Where Modern India Began; Longing, Belonging: An Outsider at Home in Calcutta and Gazing at Neighbours: Travels Along the Line that Partitioned India.
He is an Associate Editor with The Hindu newspaper and lives in Calcutta.

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