Dear Friends, 

A podcast about my recent book of essays, PLACE: Intimate Encounters with Cities (2026), is out on the New Books Network:

It's also on Spotify:

The book is not Indological, but some essays -- on Banaras / Pune / Bangalore / Istanbul / Delhi -- have themes and elements of philology, classics, Sanskrit, premodern Sufi and Bhakti poetry, etc. The conversation above opens with a discussion about languages. 

The book itself is available in India on Amazon.in; if you wish to have it shipped overseas, please write to me for details. 

Thanks and best,

AV.