The name varanasi is synonyms with images of ghats. Google Varanasi and images of ghats flash. There is a big difference in seeing images on the net and actually seeing them. The view is mesmerising, All ghats are connected and one can take a long walk or view them thru a boat ride. As such … Read more
It is said that heart and soul of any city lies in its old city and bylanes. When you talk of varanasi, its older part is hypnotically mesmerising. Varanasi is world’s oldest living city. Archeologists have already gone back upto 6000 years using carbon dating techniques. Mark Twain once said Banares is older than history, … Read more
History of eating paan is as old as the city of Banares ( Varanasi as is called now) . Even today, in several parts of the country, eating paan after meals or otherwise is an integral part of eating habits. On eating paan , a red colour saliva is generated which many people spit out. … Read more
Life begins from a source and ends at the same source. Again it begins from the same source and ends at the same source. Like this cycle of life and death goes on till salvation is achieved. This is our ancient mythology. For centuries it was believed that people who die at Varanasi ( or … Read more
April first week is hot for varanasi. Daytime temperatures rise upto 40 degrees centigrade. Cold drinks businesses start doing well.Thankfully, i saw people preferring our traditional lassi to sooth soaring temperatures.Every shop has its own curd quality and churning process. There are lot of variations and additives which make their lassi unique. Moreover, the consistency … Read more
At Varanasi we were using taxi available at travel desk of Radisson Hotel where we were staying. One afternoon we decided to take an autorickshaw and beat the traffic as a four wheeler took long time to take us to ghats. As we came out of hotel gate, there was this man Tiwari who came … Read more