Varanasi is not the kind of city that can easily be summarized in one article…even one very long article, but I'm going to try. Varanasi is even more crazy and chaotic than Delhi, but the Varanasi vibe is spiritual rather than economic. This is a city that welcomes death with open arms.

We visited Varanasi in 2014 after spending 30 days in Nepal. We stayed at the Radisson Hotel within ...