During July and August I spent five weeks in India. I visited New Delhi, Varanasi, Chennai, Madurai, and Mumbai, none unfamiliar to me, though I’d not been to Varanasi (Banares, the holy city) in forty years. There was no single compelling reason for the trip, neither a major conference nor a commitment to teach, nor urgent research related to current work. I did in fact pick up some books — about fifteen — and in the course of the five weeks accepted kind invitations to give no fewer than seventeen lectures and...
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