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Banāras Revisited
Scholarly Pilgrimages to the City of Light
In Banaras Revisited, scholars from various disciplines talk about their research in a city that has been described as a veritable microcosm of India: multifaceted, complex, vibrant, and full of contradictions. The themes range from the sensory aesthetics of everyday life to the history of the Marathas in Banaras; from Harishchandra, the father of modern Hindi, to the tribals of Nagwa; from the architecture of the ghats to the works of the Austrian writers Zweig and Winkler; from informative relationships with research assistants to the mediatization of goddesses; from reflections on public education to a contemporary literary chronicler of Assi; from colonial ghosts in the 1950s to present-day Western travelers. In addition to its thematic diversity, the volume benefits from another strong asset: the voices of its contributors, clearly audible in reflexive passages and personal vignettes that make the essays a useful reading also for undergraduates considering fieldwork in Banaras or elsewhere.
