EditorialVauhini Vara, author of “The Immortal King Rao,” at her home in Fort Collins, Colo., on April 12, 2022, holding a photo taken near where her father grew up. (Rachel Woolf/The New York Times)
EditorialVauhini Vara, author of “The Immortal King Rao,” at her home in Fort Collins, Colo., on April 12, 2022, holding a photo taken near where her father grew up. (Rachel Woolf/The New York Times)