Romulus Whitaker

‘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’. #READWithHarperCollins #BangaloreLiteratureFestival

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

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 @AttaGalatta #READWithHarperCollins #AttaGalattaBangaloreLiteratureFestivalBookPrize

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

Please note the footwear of this idiot. #SnakesDrugsRockNRoll

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

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

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

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

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

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

A bullsnake is a beautiful, friendly snake. #SnakesDrugsRockNRoll

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

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

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!

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 @AttaGalatta #READWithHarperCollins #AttaGalattaBangaloreLiteratureFestivalBookPrize

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

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

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