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Present-day Banaras, however, is barely 300 years old, much of it built by the Marathas,
that was interesting information. I knew there were peshwa Ghats but the Resurrection itself was done by the Maratha confederacy is a heartening bit of info
The sunrise in Banaras is a picture-postcard one: that’s an unquestionable fact, not a story.
I’ve resolved not to haggle with elderly boatmen.
or poor vendors who sit in the sun for the long time to see vegetables and fruits. if you are feeling cocky ask for better deals in restaurants where u pay 200 + for a bowl of hot water
‘No, God doesn’t matter much. No connections, no attachments, no duties except to look after yourself—those are all that matter.’
aaa a bit cynical but i dunno might be true
Raand, saand, seerhi, sanyasi, inse bache to seve Kashi.’
hilarious and earthy
Satisfaction is the most important thing in life. If you have satisfaction, you have everything.’
deep and true for everyone
Tootega tabhi toh banega’
Ernest Hemingway, Tolstoy, Gorky, Turgenev. Later, I also read Samuel Beckett, Jean Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Franz Kafka.
“Sirf hone se kuchh nahin hota, hone ka haq adaa kijiye”
This unpredictability of life keeps God alive.
Is God more likely to listen to you if you stand in a queue for hours on an auspicious day for just a fraction-of-a-second glimpse of him than if you walk into a deserted wayside temple for a prolonged one-on-one audience with him on any slow day of the year?
at the end of the day you are speaking to your divine self which needs space and quiet to connect to
