For Ananya Vajpeyi, it is all these and much more. In Place: Intimate Encounters with Cities, Vajpeyi, an academic, is a writer, philosopher, thinker, and guide. But when 9/11 happened, and the city wobbled like a child learning to stand, Vajpeyi realised that New York had changed. In yet another essay on Banaras, where she let go of her mother’s mortal remains, she writes evocatively about her parents’ love for each other. Place: Intimate Encounters with Cities Ananya Vajpeyi Women Unlimited Ink ₹625radhika.s@thehindu.co.in

Source: The Hindu February 06, 2026 01:03 UTC