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b>Into The Maws Of Fire It is 1839. The Hind sets sail from Bengal to a China set afire by a war fanned by opium. Various characters—a steely widow, a poor sailor, an East I...

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Amitav Ghosh during a book launch, in New Delhi on June 16, 2008.

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Amitav Ghosh during a book launch, in New Delhi on June 16, 2008.

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Amitav Ghosh at the book launch "The Hungry Tide" Novel by Amitav Ghosh, in New Delhi on July 22, 2004.

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Amitav Ghosh at the book launch "The Hungry Tide" Novel by Amitav Ghosh, in New Delhi on July 22, 2004.

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Amitav Ghosh at the book launch "The Hungry Tide" Novel by Amitav Ghosh, in New Delhi on July 22, 2004.

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Amitav Ghosh during a book launch in New Delhi, on June 16, 2008.

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Amitav Ghosh during a book launch in New Delhi, on June 16, 2008.

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Noble Laureate V.S. Naipaul, (centre), along with Booker prizewinner Vikram Seth, (left), and Amitav Ghosh (right), participates at the International Festival of Indian Literature ...

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'State-Sanctioned Religious Persecution': Over 300 Personalities, Including Naseeruddin Shah, Mira Nair, Oppose CAA

The amended Citizenship Act and NRC are a "threat" to the soul of India, the signatories said in a note.

Jan 26, 2020

| PTI
Author Amitav Ghosh Conferred Jnanpith Award

The decision was taken in a meeting of Jnanpith Selection Board chaired by eminent novelist, scholar and Jnanpith laureate Pratibha Ray.

Dec 14, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
A Moonlit Evening With Amitav Ghosh

"I’m a Bengali. We are supposed to be known for our love of 'factoids'."

Feb 04, 2015

| Dola Mitra
The Ghosts Of Mrs Gandhi

The celebrated writer's seminal 1995 essay from the New Yorker, about October 31, 1984

Oct 31, 2002

| Amitav Ghosh
Writing The Global Journey

Ghosh’s and Rushdie’s novels don’t mention “globalization,” but the process is understood well

Sep 15, 2011

| Salil Tripathi
'It Would Have Been Completely Contrary To My Beliefs'

'The gesture you were asking me to make was one that would have had the import of denying the legitimacy of all Israeli civil institutions and thus of Israel itself'

May 17, 2010

| Amitav Ghosh
'Writers Have No Armies'

The recipients of the prize on the controversy surrounding their acceptance of it: 'The more we were told to turn our backs, the more we wanted to se

May 10, 2010

| Amitav Ghosh Margaret Atwood
'Only Connect'

Not all want Amitav Ghosh to refuse the Dan David Prize. The President of PEN America addressed the issue in his speech at the opening of the PEN festival

Apr 30, 2010

| Anthony Appiah
'Do Not Undermine The Palestinian Struggle'

The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel responds to Amitav Ghosh's refusal to refuse the Dan David Prize

Apr 30, 2010

| PACBI
'You Will Give Hope To The Oppressed'

British Committee for Universities for Palestine responds to Amitav Ghosh's refusal to refuse the Dan David Prize, asking him once again to reject the prize.

Apr 30, 2010

| BRICUP

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A Bullet With Manasa’s Name

Ghosh deploys myth and history to focus on the scary maw of a violated nature and the digitally-aided transfer of people. And we carry on, in denial.

Jul 10, 2019

| Sudhirendar Sharma
The Slow Violence Of Climate Change Goes Unreported: Amitav Ghosh

After his acclaimed Ibis trilogy, author Amitav Ghosh returns with his new book The Gun Island, a powerful tale of migration and a world that is constantly changing. Read excerpts from his interview.

Jun 19, 2019

| Satish Padmanabhan
Why The Elections Disappoint Me

The election results reflect the corporate capture of the political process, a phenomenon that seems to gain strength no matter which party happens to be in power. Sadly, this is not a national but a global phenomenon, writes Amitav Ghosh.

May 24, 2019

| Amitav Ghosh
In Meluku, East Of Eden

The story of spices is the story of temptation—and human civilisation’s rise and fall. A string of fabled, fragrant islands forms its kernel.

Jan 05, 2017

| Amitav Ghosh
In Praise Of Amitav Ghosh

For stepping outside the margins of fiction and taking up the very real issue of climate change

Jul 21, 2016

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‘1984 Made Me Think Of The Ways My Life Has Been Enmeshed In Riots’

The 57-year-old novelist talks about the movements in history and his life that shape his work.

Sep 30, 2013

| Sunil Sethi
Mumbai Diary

In the monsoon, that old journalistic idiom--dog bites man is not news, man bites dog is news--changes to man fells tree is not news, tree fells man is news.

Jul 25, 2011

| Anil Dharker
In Full Flow...

Who says the literary author is out?

Jul 18, 2011

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River Of Smoke

Outlook Exclusive: Extracts from the eagerly-awaited book two in Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis trilogy

Jun 20, 2011

| Amitav Ghosh
Wild Fictions

How literature, legends and folklore have influenced our responses to nature and wildlife -- sometimes with happy results, as in the Sunderbans, and at other times with disastrous consequences, as with Project Tiger

Dec 22, 2008

| Amitav Ghosh

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Amitav Ghosh's Role in Calcutta's Horror House Mystery

Jun 23, 2015
'The Three-Ring Circus Of The Tamasha Culture'

Feb 06, 2012
'No One In India Has Ever Spoken In One Voice'

May 17, 2011
Letter to Amitav Ghosh

May 12, 2010

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Amitav Ghosh Gets Life-Time Achievement Award At Literature Fest

Nov 20, 2016
Spotlight on Sino-India Ties in Ibis Trilogy's Final Book

Jun 04, 2015
Rushdie, Ghosh Appeal to B'desh Govt to Punish Bloggers' Killers

May 22, 2015
Amitav Ghosh Among 10 Finalists For International Booker Prize

Mar 24, 2015
Wrote Ibis Trilogy to Spend More Time With Characters: Amitav

Jan 28, 2015
Ruskin Bond and Amitav Ghosh Stars of Kolkata Literary Meet

Jan 12, 2015
No, Modi Doesn't Get My Vote: Amitav Ghosh

Sep 16, 2013
Amitav Ghosh Among 12 Longlisted for UK Prize

Jun 19, 2013
Adiga, Amitav Ghosh's Works in Dublin Award Longlist

Nov 15, 2012
Crossword Releases Shortlist for 2012 Award

Sep 20, 2012

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