This photo, taken in one of the wider of the narrow alleys, called galis, of Varanasi, is part of the reason I called my novel Sister India. The other reason was that my good friend Usa who lived in the flat across the stair landing from me said that I was her Indian sister, which meant a lot to me.
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What a cover this would have made for your book. Shall I write your publisher and begin a campaign for the next run? Wonderful photo.
The cover of Sister India is a photo my editor at Riverhead had taken on her own earlier trip to Varanasi. It's to suggest the door to the guesthouse in the novel.
I guess it's better not to mess with your editor's photo. :)
Still, your photo is intriguing.
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