Salon Magazine: Leaping into the human stream of India's holiest city. By Felicia Clark ...

Dancing The Cosmic Boogie In Varanasi by Cheryl Bentley cheryl@indolink.com It is a hotel for the dying. An old woman lies in one of the bare-bone rooms, her body twisted in pain, but her eyes peaceful. Her doctor has given her only a few days to live. She has come to Varanasi to leave her body, says her son. She is happy. I will see many such people facing their end in Varanasi, India's holiest ...