People We Meet Along The Way
byShaibal Chakravarty
About the Book
Three Strangers. One Timeless City.
A Journey of Serendipity, Spirituality, and Self-Discovery
When Atharv loses his job, an unexpected journey to the ancient city of Varanasi becomes a search for meaning beyond the shock of unemployment. Halfway across the world, Ronja, a doctoral student of Philosophy, faces the threat of losing her research funding. She travels to India, in a desperate attempt to connect with the tradition. Meanwhile, Korean musician Seo-jung finds himself caught between frustration and wanderlust after his bandmate quits at the end of a tour, exhausted by the constant travel that had come to define their life as musicians.
In Banaras, they cross paths in a city where the sacred and ordinary coexist. Drawn into the Upanishads through their Persian and Latin interpretations, and moved by Sufi devotion and soul-stirring qawwali, they embark on a shared journey of discovery. However, their plans are soon complicated by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing them to confront uncertainty and adapt to a rapidly changing world.
People We Meet Along The Way is an exploration of human nature and Banaras, celebrating the simple encounters that can quietly transform the direction of a life.
A Journey of Serendipity, Spirituality, and Self-Discovery
When Atharv loses his job, an unexpected journey to the ancient city of Varanasi becomes a search for meaning beyond the shock of unemployment. Halfway across the world, Ronja, a doctoral student of Philosophy, faces the threat of losing her research funding. She travels to India, in a desperate attempt to connect with the tradition. Meanwhile, Korean musician Seo-jung finds himself caught between frustration and wanderlust after his bandmate quits at the end of a tour, exhausted by the constant travel that had come to define their life as musicians.
In Banaras, they cross paths in a city where the sacred and ordinary coexist. Drawn into the Upanishads through their Persian and Latin interpretations, and moved by Sufi devotion and soul-stirring qawwali, they embark on a shared journey of discovery. However, their plans are soon complicated by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing them to confront uncertainty and adapt to a rapidly changing world.
People We Meet Along The Way is an exploration of human nature and Banaras, celebrating the simple encounters that can quietly transform the direction of a life.