Secrets Of The City
The people of Varanasi don’t wear their city too lightly on their sleeves. They live with intense devotion to its narrow network of streets, crumbling forts drooping over the stepped ghats, the ruddy flush of lamps in dark sanctums of temples, full throated laughter and arguments surrounding tea shops and ofcourse, its lifeline, the Ganges. […]
A River Runs Through It
“Your hair is shorter! Not nice! Long hair better!”, came a sharp chiding voice from a distance, as I flung my backpack on my shoulder, while trying to haggle with the auto rickshaw driver at the same time. In a quick swooping moment, my backpack was plugged away from me, strapped onto thin brown shoulders […]
Food Guide
Good food is close to divinity. In Varanasi and places around, you are closer to heaven, not only because of the spiritual legacy of the region, but the mouth-watering local food. Like the region itself, the food here is a fusion of generous flavours, unabashedly rich creamy dishes and characterized by a myriad regional variations. […]
Festival Of The Month: Ganga Dushhera
Fight Clubs Of Varanasi
Faith and fitness have always found common ground in Varanasi. In its traditional ‘gymnasiums’ or kushti akharas along the ghats, wrestlers continue to practise millennia-old moves with single-minded devotion.
Holi Celebrations In Varanasi
As nervous as this may make you feel, celebrating Holi in the holy city of Varanasi is something that should make you throw caution to the wind and book your tickets! Menacing, threatening, ruthless are words that one often hears about Varanasi but brave travellers might love the carefree vibe and the zealous celebrations in […]
Festival Of The Month: Ganga Dussehra
With the political fervour finally simmering down after the elections, life in Varanasi finally seems to be stumbling back to normalcy. This is good news, especially since the city is a hotspot for backpacking and religious travellers, who come here to relax by the breezy ghats or go on temple trails. Another important hook of […]
Durga Puja In Varanasi
Magic may be the only word that best describes the pageantry and fanfare that revolves around Durga Puja. In fact, even a month before the colourful mayhem begins, the atmosphere around many cities in India is infused with excitement and frenzy of preparations for the Puja. Though Kolkata is without doubt the most vibrant destination to […]
The Stalwarts of Sin – The India Tube
While the holy city of Benares can consume one with its ever looming poignant take on life and death, there are simpler adventures in the city one can choose to embark on. The variety and setting of street food, for example, is sure to take you on a gastronomic escapade. If travelling to Benares, one […]