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.
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