Summary:
In her book — Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul — Taran Khan a journalist from India presents an interesting and counter-narrative of Kabul capturing the city's eccentricities as well as its unrelenting pursuit to function as any other city in the world. “Kabul is like any other city in the world despite being war-torn. Writer Padmini Mongia who was in conversation with Khan asked her about her experience of covering Kabul on foot. Drawing parallels between two cities — Kabul and Aligarh — she says “Walking in a city like Kabul can be seen as an assertive stance where you are claiming your space. Sharing a similar anecdote of Kabul Taran says “I remember once I was with a group of friends and one of them lit a cigarette in a public area..