Episode 172: Monisha Rajesh

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Jan 19, 20261:08:07Kids & family

Monisha Rajesh is a travel writer who focuses on train travel adventures. She wrote her first book ‘Around India in 80 Trains’ after being made redundant, and she wrote ‘Around the World in 80 Trains’ just after her firs...

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