No One An Outsider: Varanasi Tales

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Varanasi is an extraordinary city that has always been presented as heavenly special. What is an average town, by the way? Don’t people in Varanasi experience the same sorrow and pleasure as people anywhere in the world? Why would one portray Varanasi as a great place? Why can’t we describe it as just another city? No One, An Outsider, depicts people from Varanasi dealing with their issues. It talks about love, fear, hatred, envy, and everything secretive—assembling human lives and giving them forms. The book represents the dignity and frailty of emotions and the sacrifices one makes. The people in Varanasi are as clueless about sorting their problems as other people living anywhere in the world. They smile, laugh, and cry with deeply buried sorrow in their hearts. This collection of short fiction is a rollercoaster ride of emotions through the narrow lanes of Varanasi, presenting it beyond its happy-go-lucky charm.

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Weight 0.4 kg
Dimensions 8 × 5 × 0.4 in
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Hawakal Publishers

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27 May 2021

About Author

Vivek Nath Mishra lives in Varanasi. He is a fiction writer, a photographer, and an educator. His short stories have been published in many magazines, anthologies, and newspapers, including The Hindu, Indian Literature, Adelaide Literary Magazine, Muse India, and Cafe Dissensus. His debut book is Birdsongs of Love and Despair. He enjoys clicking pictures for his Instagram page: readerofvaranasi. In his free time, he listens to Indian classical music and hums along with his father, wife, and daughter.

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“The range of Vivek’s imagination is admirable, as he weaves through living and dead lives.” Muse India
“The beauty of Vivek’s writing is in how he resurrects images from his own growing years in the city, everyday images of living within the city.” Bengaluru Review

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