Monisha Rajesh
Author of Around the World in 80 Trains, Around India in 80 Trains and Epic Journeys
Moonlight Express: Around the World by Night Train published in August
- Reposted by Monisha Rajesh Dear loved ones, Help us – my child’s condition is life-threatening and urgently needs treatment outside the Gaza Strip. Without urgent medical attention, my son may not survive. Please show mercy and help us survive. 🙏 Your support is critical. please donate and share🥺 chuffed.org/project/168482
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshYesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshI fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
- Start the week with me on Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s podcast Spinning Plates - talking trains and travel with kids! sophieellisbextor.komi.io/podcast/8150...
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshLondon’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade
- Sleigh rides, sleeper trains and reindeer stew. Here’s my final piece for the year on Finland’s Santa Claus Express! www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshEvery time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshHaving appeared on it three times, I can 100% confirm that @robinince.bsky.social *IS* the #InfiniteMonkeyCage. Without him, it doesn’t even exist as a concept 🤷🏾♂️
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshAmerica 250 is going to be unbearable, unless it is celebrated in the only sincere and meaningful way: by a revolution overthrowing tyranny
- 🎉🎉 Thrilled to be shortlisted for the @stanfordstravel.bsky.social Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award. And in such fine company. Thank you to Stanfords for being such a champion of travel writing. 🎉🎉🎉
- I had so much fun writing this piece on sleeper trains and winter night trains in particular. Ever heard of the Doğu Express in Türkiye? If not, then read on. www.outsideonline.com/adventure-tr...
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshI haven't been on a sleeper train since I was about 19 but after reading Monisha's book it's time to get back to it.
- Five-minute timeline cleanse: I wrote about falling in love with sleeper trains in India in 1991. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...?
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshI thought I could not be shocked by what prominent transphobes feel able to say about me. Turns out I was wrong. Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshIt's the time of year when people are putting out lists of best books of the year. So why not tell an author you've loved their book this year? Because not being on those lists makes many authors sad. You can make them happy!
- Five-minute timeline cleanse: I wrote about falling in love with sleeper trains in India in 1991. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...?
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshMy travel books of the year, including work from @monisharajesh.bsky.social, Lyse Doucet, Norman Lewis, @joannapocock.bsky.social, @adamweymouth.bsky.social & @peteralanross.bsky.social: deskboundtraveller.com/my-books-of-....
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshGood morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshMy friend Soad has her account back! Can you share it widely, and her fundraiser? Rebuilding in a fragile peace is such an uphill struggle. There's so much she needs to get hold of and work out. #MutualAid
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshFellow train nerds! Book collectors! Fans of @monisharajesh.bsky.social! Any of the above! Bid on this signed edition of the brilliant Moonlight Express in the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Over £6k raised now, but let's shoot for £10k! app.galabid.com/creatives4su... (Art below by @raafaye on insta.)
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshI wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshMy daughter Alma is hungry, weak, and crying in pain every night. We live without food or safety. I hold her close, praying someone out there still cares. Your kindness could mean a meal or medicine for her Please, help us survive your compassion can save my child 👇 www.gofundme.com/f/support-fa...
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshIf someone thinks you can have racist behaviour that is not in a hurtful or insulting way, they're 100% massively racist.
- “I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way” Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school @itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshA book I’m looking forward to #BlueBrewBooks
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshICYMI: Submissions for the 10th year of the Jhalak Prize are open 👇 #BookSky
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshThe horror of Russia’s war against Ukraine’s children was brought home once again when I visited the Save Ukraine Centre, which rescues the stolen children & those under occupation www.opendemocracy.net/en/ukraine-r...
- Reposted by Monisha RajeshIt’s time to stop claiming people are ‘cancelled’ on.ft.com/4r6sBEy | opinion
- LONDON FRIENDS! Tomorrow I will be at the WriteIdea Festival in Tower Hamlets, talking about Moonlight Express at 1pm with the brilliant @profsunnysingh.bsky.social - tickets are free! So come along! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/monisha-ra...
