Benaras for me...

...was the insignificance of time. It was the smile on the faces of the four little girls in Assi, the hours spent in Harmony having chai with Rakesh talking about self-realisation and Gurdjieff, it was those solo walks on the ghats looking at the "Rakaposhi loves you" signs on Niranjani Ghat, it was timelessness in Kedar Ghat, it was listening to Shree in Pallabda's place, it was singing Sakhi Mora Piya Ko Dekho in Bhupali, it was the time spent in Lal Babu's little shop having his high protein lunch cooked by one of his employees, then talking about Yoga and man, it was researching the Raga in Aum Cafe, wifi internet and all while I played Kumar Gandharv's Bhimpalasi... Benaras for me was all this and more, wonder when I will come home again to Benaras...