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Amitav Ghosh

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Amitav Ghosh on River of Smoke

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Amitav Ghosh talks about his new novel, River of Smoke, the second volume of his Ibis trilogy, about the opium trade. 

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19th-Century Calcutta

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Amitav Ghosh’s new novel, Sea of Poppies, is set in 19th-c. Calcutta against the backdrop of the Opium Wars.

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Amitav Ghosh will be speaking with Kwame Anthony Appiah
Mon. Dec. 15, 7-9 pm
Asia Society
725 Park Ave.
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A Path to Peace

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Peace in the Middle East is one of the most pressing items on President-Elect Obama’s long to-do list. Former Speaker of the Knesset Avraham Burg says that Israel must move beyond a Holocaust mentality in order to accomplish a lasting peace in the region. Also: Patti Labelle talks about her ...

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