Travelers Without a Map: Pierre Loti and Inner India

Verso Benares: Travelers Without a Map and the Inner India Verso Benares (2022)…


The Silence of Benares: Filming the Invisible in Sacred Places

There are places in the world where silence is not the absence of sound, but…


The Sacred City as Inner Mirror: Benares in Literary Tales

The journey—more than a geographical displacement—is an existential and…


India, Labyrinth of the Soul: Tales of Loss and Awakening

In the world of cinema, travel literature and poetry have always played a…


The Journey as Initiation: India in Films and Novels

In the labyrinthine tapestry of human imagination, the sacred city of Benares…


Poetic India: From Written Tales to Cinematic Imagery

In the vast tapestry of human imagination, India stands as a radiant thread,…


Temples of Cinema: India in Auteur Films

In the kaleidoscopic tapestry of human existence, few locales have been as…


The Director’s Gaze: Filming India Between Spirituality and Poetic Vision

The mystical allure of India, particularly the sacred city of Benares…


Sacred Shadows: Benares as a Stage of the Sacred in Poetic Cinema

**Benares**, the revered sacred city on the Ganges River (officially known…


Narrating the Sacred: India in the Diaries of Western Mystics

The Sacred in India According to Pierre Loti: A Mystical Pilgrimage Beyond the…