New Books in South Asian Studies · New Books Network
Ananya Vajpeyi, "Place: Intimate Encounters with Cities" (Women Unlimited Ink, 2025)
·1 hr 16 min·5 clips
Ananya Vajpeyi explains how being a woman automatically restricts mobility and freedom when traveling through cities.
As heard by us
Cities are read as sites where beauty, violence, memory, and mortality stay tied together.
Ananya Vajpayee's conversation about Place: Intimate Encounters with Cities keeps circling one hard question: how do you write about a place without sanding off its pain?
Why you'd press play
For when you want a serious listen about place, cities, and the lives they hold and conceal quietly in conversation.
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