- Sonia Faleiro
Sonia Faleiro is an award-winning Indian journalist and writer. She was born in
Goa and has lived inNew Delhi , as well as attending theUniversity of Edinburgh inScotland . She is currently based inMumbai . [ [http://www.verveonline.com/39/people/debut.shtml Fresh Stock: Sonia Faleiro] Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena, "Verve" Volume 14, Issue 2, March-April, 2006]'The Girl (Viking, 2006) is her first novel. Her short stories and non fiction appear in First Proof : The Penguin Book of New Writing From India II (2006), Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa (Penguin, 2006), The Fiction Collection: Twenty Years of Penguin India (2007), India (ISBN Edizioni, 2008) and AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India (Random House, August 2008). [ [http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/08/18/stories/2008081850630400.htm Life on the edge: Sonia Faleiro tells a story of hope and resilience in the fight against AIDS] "
The Hindu " 2008-08-18]She is working on her second book, a non fiction account of the lives of Mumbai's bar dancers.
Journalism
Her reportage includes reports on the sex-workers [ [http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1182976 ‘Sex work is work like any other’] DNA India 2008-08-12] and the bar dancers of Mumbai, [ [http://soniafaleiro.blogspot.com/2005/10/dying-of-evening-stars-vi.html The Dying of the Evening Stars] ] , a six-part series on India's domestic workers, [ [http://soniafaleiro.blogspot.com/2006/03/other-half-vi.html The Other Half] ] and extensive writings on suicides of farmers in
Vidarbha . [ [http://www.tehelka.com/story_main19.asp?filename=Ne090906death_of_CS.asp Death of a Son, Grandson, and All of Life's Dreams] Tehelka 2006-09-09]Award
She is the recipient of a
CNN Young Journalist Award in 2006. [ [http://soniafaleiro.com/event.htm] ] [ [http://indiauncut.blogspot.com/2006/12/sonia-faleiro-wins-cnn-young.html Sonia Faleiro wins CNN Young Journalist award] India Uncut 2006-12-06] [ [http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k6/dec/dec174.htm CNN Young Journalist Award 2006 winners announced] Indian Television 2006-12-16]ee also
* [http://www.soniafaleiro.com Her website]
* [http://soniafaleiro.blogspot.com Her blog] , which won Best Topical Indiblog in 2006.Books
* [http://penguinbooksindia.com/Books/BookDetail.asp?ID=6167 The Girl, Penguin Viking, January 2006] ISBN 0-670-05865-3
* "Stupid", [http://penguinbooksindia.com/Books/BookDetail.asp?ID=6317 First Proof : The Penguin Book of New Writing From India II, Penguin, July 2006] , ISBN 0-14-400107-1
* "Outkast D'Souza", [http://penguinbooksindia.com/Books/BookDetail.asp?ID=6374 Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa, Penguin, November, 2006] , ISBN 0-14-310081-5
* "Beautiful Things", [http://www.isbnedizioni.it/index.php?p=edizioni_libro&book=74&type=1 India, ISBN Edizioni, April 2008] , ISBN 9788876380891
* "Maarne ka, Bhagane ka", [http://randomhouse.co.in/TitleInformation.aspx?isbn=9788184000399 AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India, Random House, August, 2008] , ISBN 9788184000399References
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