Romulus Whitaker

A legend in the arena of wildlife conservation, Romulus Whitaker has had a lifelong love affair with the 'fierce creatures' that share our planet.

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‘I was 4 years old when I first brought a snake home… and to this day, I continue to be fascinated by snakes.’

#RomulusWhitaker (@romuluswhitaker) and @JanakiLenin, co-authors of Whitaker’s fascinating memoir #SnakesDrugsAndRockNRoll, join @MitraUdayan at @BlrLitFest to share enthralling stories from Whitaker’s extraordinary journey as a conservationist, and why he is known as the ‘Snakeman of India’.

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On Saturday, chatting about my zany adventures...
#SnakesDrugsRockNRoll

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We’re excited to share that five of our outstanding books have been shortlisted for the Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize 2024.

Congratulations to our authors!

#SandhyaMary, Jayasree Kalathil (@vivarthaka), #IsmailDarbesh, #VRamaswamy, @radhika_iy, #RomulusWhitaker (@romuluswhitaker), @JanakiLenin, @sohinichat

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Fabulous news from the @AttaGalatta Bangalore Literature Festival! Four of our #Suitable books have been shortlisted for the @AttaGalatta BLF Book Prize 2024!

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Please note the footwear of this idiot. #SnakesDrugsRockNRoll

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What I learned about venom extraction from Bill Haast I passed on to the Irulas in India #SnakesDrugsRockNRoll

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Italian National Arrested at Dabolim Airport for Carrying Prohibited GPS Device https://t.co/Pab1LOnIID

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We find a big copperhead under a tin sheet at Heyward’s farm in South Carolina #SnakesDrugsRockNRoll

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The eastern diamondback is truly magnificent, so don’t tread on it goddammit! #SnakesDrugsRockNRoll

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I didn’t really like spiders till I met tarantulas in Texas. #SnakesDrugsRockNRoll

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And she said to me, “What you need is an optirectomy”. Read all about it in #SnakesDrugsRockNRoll

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Yes, getting snakebit is because I was clumsy and stupid. #SnakesDrugsRockNRock

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A bullsnake is a beautiful, friendly snake. #SnakesDrugsRockNRoll

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A slow, painful recovery from a prairie rattlesnake bite, El Paso, Texas #SnakesDrugsRockNRoll

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Nilgiri Tahr have the amazing ability to scale vertical cliffs and were very skittish in Kodaikanal. As a hunter-teenager, I tried stalking them, but my clumsiness on those steep escarpments could have cost me my life. #SnakesDrugsRockNRoll

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Congratulations, @romuluswhitaker, @JanakiLenin, @sohinichat and @radhika_iy! Absolutely thrilled to see ‘Snakes, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll’, ‘The Day I Became a Runner’ and ‘Fire on the Ganges’ in the @AttaGalatta 2024 nonfiction long list!

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We’re thrilled to announce that ten of our remarkable books have been longlisted for the Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize 2024.

Congratulations to our authors!

#CharuNivedita, #NandiniKrishnan, #SandhyaMary, Jayasree Kalathil (@vivarthaka), #IsmailDarbesh, #VRamaswamy, #SandipanChattopadhyay, Arunava Sinha (@arunava), #JoshyBenedict, #KKMuralidharan, Shahu Patole (@smpatole), #BhushanKorgaonkar, @radhika_iy, #RomulusWhitaker (@romuluswhitaker), @JanakiLenin, @sohinichat, #ArunaRoy

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Thrilled to see that four of our books are on the longlist of the @AttaGalatta BLF Book Prize 2024 across fiction and non-fiction. Congratulations to the authors!

@SaharuNusaiba @sohinichat @radhika_iy @romuluswhitaker @JanakiLenin @hemalisodhi

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Gorgeous, impressive and mighty dangerous, the Russell’s viper doesn’t know it. My first ‘hot’ snake, at age 13, was at Berijam Lake in Kodaikanal. Little did I know then that Russell’s vipers kill tens of thousands of Indians. Neither do they! #SnakesDrugsRockNRoll

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Jackals in Kodaikanal have fine, thick coats, and look very different from the scrawny ones on the plains. Regrettably, I was very proud of myself when I shot one, skinned and tanned it. #SnakesDrugsRockNRoll