Banaras

'Banaras', which is the second film by art director-turned-director Nemom Pushparaj, is in fact not a bad movie, though there is nothing in it that's compelling.

Bollywood Entertainment News | India 2009

Kabir was a low-caste Muslim weaver who was born and lived all his life in the holy city and bustling metropolis of Banaras now Varanasi, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

When Mysticism Came Down to Earth Chandrahas Choudhury 2011

Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images A passenger van rode past a burning NATO oil tanker on the outskirts of Quetta Wednesday.

Asia in Pictures 2011

Bhan took inspiration from the Banaras Hindu University--the first of its kind in India, set up by Madan Mohan Malviya in 1916.

India's Biotech Messiah 2011

Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images A gunman opened fire on a bus carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims on the outskirts of Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, Wednesday, killing three people and injuring nine.

Asia in Pictures 2011

Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images Oil tankers and goods trucks carrying NATO supplies burning at a terminal in Quetta, Pakistan, after an attack by gunmen

Asia in Pictures 2011

Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images Supporters of hardline pro-Taliban party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Nazaryati shouted anti-U.S. slogans and held up a picture of Osama bin Laden during a protest in Quetta, Pakistan, Monday.

Osama Bin Laden Is Dead 2011

Bhan took inspiration from the Banaras Hindu University--the first of its kind in India, set up by Madan Mohan Malviya in 1916.

India's Biotech Messiah 2011

Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images CALLING HOME: Victims of a car bombing Friday in Quetta, Pakistan, called their relatives from a hospital.

Photos of the Day: Dec. 30 2011

Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images A former Chicago restaurateur who headed the Kandahar provincial council, Mr. Karzai was gunned down in his home in Kandahar, the Afghan interior ministry said.

Assassination Roils Southern Afghanistan 2011