Category: Non-Fiction
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A city changes. A family scatters. A language softens at the edges. Yet the places that shape us never entirely let us go. In Edges of Elsewhere, Hayagreeva Rao reflects on a life lived between India and America, between the worlds he inherited and the ones he helped create.
Through a series of intimate essays, set in India, Africa, Latin America, and the United States, he revisits the people, places, and moments that formed him, from the crowded streets and family rituals of his youth to the unexpected freedoms and quiet dislocations of life abroad. Rich with observation, humour, and longing, Edges of Elsewhere is an exploration of memory itself: how we carry home within us, how distance transforms belonging, and how a life can be stretched across continents while remaining tethered to the landscapes of the heart.
The book argues that the most difficult borders are crossed not when leaving India, but when returning to it, carrying knowledge that no longer fits neatly into old rooms or relationships.
The author: Hayagreeva Rao