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The Interpreters: Among the Brahmins of Benares

Aatish Taseer

‘That first sight of the city curled around the river goes through me like the breath of something old and known and familiar.’ Aatish Taseer revisits Varanasi.

Aatish Taseer

Aatish Taseer is the author of several works of fiction and non-fiction. His new book, A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile, is forthcoming in 2025 by Catapult.

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