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'Beautiful Thing is part of a growing trend in South Asian nonfiction. Faleiro believes it is a powerful medium and finds it surprising that books about the underclass don't constitute a larger share of the genre. "We seem to think that the conditions that 55 percent of the population lives in isn't relevant to where we are going."'
Sonia in conversation with Reuters UK.‘I wanted to write something that represented who I was as a person and what I stood for, and I wanted to write about the people who could most do with their story being told.’ Sonia talks to Supriya Nair about India’s ‘New True Stories.’
Lounge, August 20, 2011.
In Sydney, Sonia spoke to iconic Australian presenter Geraldine Doogue on ABC Radio National's Saturday Extra on May 21, 2011. In Melbourne, she spoke to Jon Faine on The Conversation Hour, Alicia Sometimes on Triple R’s Aural Text and appeared on Saturday Night Safran.
Watch Sonia in conversation with Kate Holden at the 2011 Sydney Writers’ Festival.
"Writer and historian Patrick French recommends Beautiful Thing in his 'Five Books' interview"
"Brilliant New Literature About Mumbai" CNNGo, January 10, 2011
"Cover Stars: Beautiful Thing is a Time Out Subcontinental Book of the Year'"Time Out, January 6, 2011
"Catching up with Sonia Faleiro" , People, December 31, 2010
"Sonia in conversation with Bloomberg/UTV"
"Book Talk: Dance Bars Show 'Bombay Noir" The New York Times Nov 24, 2010
"Faleiro tells their story with the sharpness of a reporter and the compassion of a friend" The Hindu Nov 22, 2010
"Bar Code" Open Magazine Nov 20, 2010 (eMag - p.55, PDF)
"Thing of Grit" Indian Express Nov 16, 2010
Best Books of the Year: 2010 Guardian Nov 13, 2010
Hay Festival Exclusive Yentha.com Nov 2010
"One of the most compelling works of non-fiction from India in recent years." GQ India Nov 11, 2010
"Dancing Shadows" Bangalore Mirror Nov 11, 2010
"Gutsy, intimate book" DNA Nov 9, 2010
"One of the most important books of the year" Just Books, NDTV, Sunil Sethi, Nov 7, 2010
"The Storyteller" The New Indian Express Nov 5, 2010
"Remarkable" The Business Standard Oct 31, 2010
"The life of a bar dancer is set in stone" Hindustan Times Oct 29, 2010
"All About a bar dancer" Mid-Day, Oct 24, 2010
Select reviews and interviews:
The Guardian: From the edge
Time: Famous Authors on AIDS in India
Wall Street Journal: AIDS Anthology Reveals Another India
Mint (WSJ India): Living with AIDS
India Today: An infectious cause
India Together: Using popular culture to mainstream AIDS
The National: TransmissionSonia on NPR
Tell Me More: 'AIDS Sutra' Challenges Widespread Denial In India
Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders
All Things Considered: New Voices From South Asia Share Hope, Concerns: NPRDiscussing HIV/AIDS in India
Intelligence2: AIDS Sutra
Select reviews and interviews:
India Today: Lovelorn In Goa
Times of India: Read My Lips
Tehelka: Love Shared, Love Lost
DNA India: 'There was a two-page love scene that I cut out'
Verve: Fresh Stock: Sonia Faleiro
Hindustan Times: Furious and funny in Goa
Tehelka: Cameo collage