Radhika Iyengar is the author of the book ‘Fire on the Ganges: Life Among the Dead in Banaras,’ released by HarperCollins. The book explores the city of Banaras (also known as Varanasi) in India, particularly its relationship with death and the afterlife. Fire on the Ganges is the first attempt to chronicle the everyday realities of the Doms in Banaras. Through their tales of struggle and survival, betrayal and love, it tells the at-times-heartbreaking, at-times-exhilarating story of a community struggling to find a place beyond that accorded to it by ancient tradition.
<p data-mce-fragment="1" style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Montserrat; letter-spacing: 0.7px; background-color: rgb(255, 254, 251);"><span class="a-text-italic" data-mce-fragment="1">Fire on the Ganges</span><span data-mce-fragment="1"> is the first attempt to chronicle the everyday realities of the Doms. It plunges into Banaras's historical past, while narrowing its lens to a few spirited characters from the Dom community. Through their tales of struggle and survival, loss and ambition, betrayal and love, it tells the at-times-heartbreaking, at-times-exhilarating story of a community struggling to find a place beyond that accorded to it by ancient tradition.</span></p><div><span data-mce-fragment="1"><br></span></div>
