the rolling stone

Varanasi ! Volumes have been written in attempts to explain this town and its psyche. Authors have waxed eloquent. As I roamed the narrow alleys, watching the old and the new form an absorbing collage, listening to the tolling temple bells, taking in the aroma of frying kachauris and jalebis, I realise words would fall short. Always! Banaras is not just another temple town straddling a holy river. India has many of those. This place lies on a different plane of thought. It grows on you, marrying intellect with spirituality. Come, visit Banaras, and go back knowing a little more of yourself. This is not a place, this is a state of mind …