Somnath Batabyal

Teaches at SOAS, writes and reads wherever and whenever possible. Latest book: The Price You Pay.

[Westland Books @WestlandBooks]

Congratulations @SaharuNusaiba @sombatabyal @rahulabhatia and @sunita_krishnan for making it to the longlist (fiction and non-fiction) of @KeralaLitFest Book of the Year Awards 2024.

[Somnath Batabyal @sombatabyal]

@Choool @anitanairauthor And @chool you must read The Price You Pay. All those stories feature there.

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@Choool @anitanairauthor Ha ha @chool Goodness that was 30 years ago. But, yes, what a scoop that was. Get a driving license in the Vice President's name. That was the headline.

[Karthika V.K. @karthikavk]

There's something deeply sad and moving about a novel set in the past that resonates closely with present reality. It's like the grief settles deeper. We never seem to move on, just circle back, and further back. @sombatabyal @ContextIndia #BangladeshCrisis #IndiaBangladesh

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Thank You @MirzaWaheed

[Mirza Waheed @MirzaWaheed]

I adored Somnath Batabyal's novel Red River. You'd love it too.

[Westland Books @WestlandBooks]

If the #BangladeshCrisis has been on your mind, here's a novel that you would like to read about the fraught relationship between the citizen and the state.

#IndiaBangladesh

[Somnath Batabyal @sombatabyal]

Thanks, @npojha. You have always been a kind reader.

[Nikhil Prasad Ojha @npojha]

In the short run, you can't escape the macro backdrop; and in the long run, micro stories triumph - always.
Apart from being a superb chronicle of very messy times, this is a delightful read. Well done @sombatabyal.

4⭐, recommended!

[Somnath Batabyal @sombatabyal]

Well, there are endorsements. And then there is this. A bad morning just became very very good.

[anita nair @anitanairauthor]

Microreview: Red River comes highly recommended and lives up to the promise. And more. Written in prose that leaps off the pages, this is a book that will keep you hooked till the very end. Red River is a literary triumph! Congratulations @sombatabyal

[Westland Books @WestlandBooks]

#OnlineEvent

Join us tomorrow as @sombatabyal chats with Mitra Phukan and @SanjoyHazarika3 at @MajhaHouse about his bestselling novel Red River.

Registration details given below.

[Somnath Batabyal @sombatabyal]

This was one of the most sensitive and warm of interviews. I did not want it to end.

[Westland Books @WestlandBooks]

Listen to @sombatabyal talk about the stories and incidents that influenced the writing of Red River.

Red River is now available at all bookstores and online.

https://t.co/UAMBYzi3iv

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I agree with my dear friend @karthikavk 😊

[Karthika V.K. @karthikavk]

Smashing review. Read the book when you can, it's really really really really good. Thank you @scroll_in. @ContextIndia @WestlandBooks @sombatabyal https://t.co/XTjUCcsdbl

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@mmoberoi Your book is being posted this week.

[Somnath Batabyal @sombatabyal]

Phew! Just made it. But in the best seller list with a few heavy weights. Pleased as punch.

[Westland Books @WestlandBooks]

We are thrilled to see @sombatabyal hauntingly beautiful Red River make it to the Fiction bestseller list!

Get your copy of this one from your nearest bookstore or online.

@ContextIndia

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@nanditadas Need to see that film.

[Somnath Batabyal @sombatabyal]

And, so the tour of ared River is now done and I am back in London. Thank you, my Mumbai friends for being so so wonderful. It was the nicest way to bring a glorious trip to a conclusion. Grateful.

[Westland Books @WestlandBooks]

We ended the #RedRiverTour with a full house #Mumbai launch at @titlewavesMUM.
It was an evening of deep conversations with @sombatabyal @saugatam and @IAmSudhirMishra

Get your copy of Red River today!

[Somnath Batabyal @sombatabyal]

Mumbai friends, this evening. Do come and say hello, if not to me then to the amazing @IAmSudhirMishra and to the creator of OTT magic, @saugatam

[Somnath Batabyal @sombatabyal]

Mumbai friends, do come if you can.

[Westland Books @WestlandBooks]

Two days to go for this exciting conversation at @titlewavesMUM.
#Mumbai, come and listen to @sombatabyal @IAmSudhirMishra and @saugatam as they discuss the book that's making news everywhere!

[Somnath Batabyal @sombatabyal]

Final event in India. Do come, if free.

[Westland Books @WestlandBooks]

Two days to go for this exciting conversation at @titlewavesMUM.
#Mumbai, come and listen to @sombatabyal @IAmSudhirMishra and @saugatam as they discuss the book that's making news everywhere!