
Sonia Madan
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Editor, scribbler, doodler | Managing Editor @WestlandBooks/@TeamPratilipi | Previously @Rupa_Books and @OUPAcademic | Tweets are personal
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It feels like a good day to push Whole numbers and half truths by Rukmini S into your arms if you like data and what it can tell us about India. (1/2) —From Westland Books


Here’s what we will be reading in July!🪸 Xiaolu Guo’s 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth (trans. Pamela Casey and Rebecca Morris) is a coming-of-age story of Fenfang as she experiences modern isolation in the fast paced city of Beijing. 🌊 Get your copies from Midland The Book Shop ™ ! 🐡



Can’t wait to get my hands on The Maz Files by investigative journalist Mazhar Farooqui (Maz), who has uncovered a mega cybercrime syndicate and exposed dozens of major scams throughout his career. This is a must-read! @Westland #TheMazFiles

If you liked watching #AngryYoungMen on prime video IN You’ll love reading #TalkingLife published by Westland Books (And vice versa)

The super-interesting story of how princely Hyderabad came to be a modern city. And look at that gorgeous cover designed by saurabh garge There’s no reason to not pick up this book! Karthika V.K.

If you’re in Mumbai next weekend, go cheer for Preet Modi and his book #SongOfTheDay. A collection of short stories that capture moments that become memories. Sanghamitra


Two books that I loved working on this year, Chronicle of an Hour and a Half and Airplane Mode are on the Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest shortlist and my heart is currently doing cartwheels! If you haven't read these two incredible books yet, go get them right away! Your bookshelves deserve them!


We are thrilled to have two of our fabulous debuts @SaharuNusaiba and Shahnaz Habib on the Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest shortlist for First Book Award fiction and non-fiction!


We are ending the week on a high!🎇 Congratulations to @SaharuNusaiba, Manoj rupda and #HansdaSowvendraShekhar for making it to the fiction and translations shortlists of Crossword Bookstores Book Award 2024.


The first bond that I ever knew of. So glad that Westland Books and Pratilipi Comics are publishing a comic based on stories by the great Ruskin Bond The child inside me can't wait to read them ❤️🙏 shorturl.at/iPS8K


We are at the #Delhi launch of Amol Palekar’s memoir #Viewfinder with Sandhya Gokhale, ravish kumar, kaveree bamzai, Karthika V.K. and minakshi thakur.



"It is a monumental task to pack all the developments spanning centuries that transformed Hyderabad in a book of 300-odd pages but Sharma has accomplished it with elan" says Venkateshwarlu.K in The Book Review on 'Beyond Biryani -the Making of a Globalised Hyderabad' thebookreviewindia.org/metamorphosis-…


This #WomensDay, we went back in time to meet the kids who make the fabulous books at Westland! In picture: Karthika V.K., Sonia Madan, Sanghamitra and Ajitha GS


In a fraught world we seek a different anthem celebrating creativity and a joyful, engaged diversity. In other words, QD is here, with imprint editor Parmesh Shahani (he/him) leading the way! Westland Books