I live in India and have traveled all over, but Varanasi is my favorite city. I love its street food, history, river, and ...

India's Holy Men. By ... where he roamed around with a guru “here, there, everywhere.” After that he moved to Benares, ... hipsters delight in the chaos of a poor village street: the ...

Hindu pilgrims have long come to Varanasi to die, believing that it will bring salvation. But by wandering aimlessly, Pico Iyer realises this city of death is actually a city of joy.

VARANASI, India — On a recent Friday afternoon in this holy city in northern India, scooters, pedestrians and cycle rickshaws jostled for space on a street leading to the city's most famous ...

William Gedney's photographs of India capture public intimacy between men in Benares. ... Benares, India , 1979, Bathers by ... Video, 00:01:22 Capturing 1950s street life. Subsection ...

India's northern city of Varanasi, also known as Banaras, is among the oldest cities in the world. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: (Non-English language spoken). MARTIN: The city has always been welcoming to ...

So we’re sitting in Benares, the restaurant, just about to tuck in, when my pal, Scott, whom I met on holiday in Greece, tells me about the time he and his wife, Sarah, went to Varanasi, the ...

To read Peggy Payne’s Sister India is to take a harrowing trip down the narrow, winding lanes of the holy city of Benares, India, and to be transported along the dark and treacherous backroads ...

High-end Indian restaurant Benares is swapping fine-dining for street food at a new venture in Camden Market launching next month. The team behind the Mayfair restaurant – which held a Michelin ...