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  • Banaras Lit Fest 2025 Book Awards shortlists for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation announced

    Banaras Lit Fest 2025 Book Awards shortlists for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation announced

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 10, 2025 · 10:13 am
  • ‘Aag Aur Pani’: Hindi writer Vyomesh Shukla draws an authentic portrait of eternal Banaras

    ‘Aag Aur Pani’: Hindi writer Vyomesh Shukla draws an authentic portrait of eternal Banaras

    Ashutosh Kumar Thakur
    · Dec 15, 2024 · 05:30 pm
  • From Mughal era to British rule, a new book shows how the weavers of Varanasi kept their art alive

    From Mughal era to British rule, a new book shows how the weavers of Varanasi kept their art alive

    Vertul Singh
    · Jun 14, 2024 · 01:30 pm
  • ‘Temple Lamp’: Mirza Ghalib’s poem on Banaras is an ode to the  ancient city’s cosmopolitan heritage

    ‘Temple Lamp’: Mirza Ghalib’s poem on Banaras is an ode to the ancient city’s cosmopolitan heritage

    Rana Safvi
    · Sep 18, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • What happens at the Rs-300 3am ‘darshan’ of the Shivalingam at the Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi?

    What happens at the Rs-300 3am ‘darshan’ of the Shivalingam at the Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi?

    Bishwanath Ghosh
    · Jan 17, 2020 · 07:30 am