Four scholars and writers of Indian origin have been selected for the 2026 Guggenheim Fellowships, joining the 101st class of ...

Four Indian-origin scholars, including Amitav Ghosh and Megha Majumdar, are named among 223 Guggenheim Fellows 2026 across ...

A reincarnation mystery drives this exploration of spiritual interconnectedness in a globalised world ...

Amitav Ghosh, Author. Houghton Mifflin $25 (333p) ISBN 978-0-618-32997-7 A starred review indicates a book of outstanding quality. A review with a blue-tinted title indicates a book of unusual ...

It takes some daring to choose opium as your historical protagonist. The milky sap of the poppy flower has taken so many forms across so many centuries that its allure feels like a trap, a chasing of ...

As talks at the Glasgow U.N. climate summit accelerate, we look at how the roots of the climate crisis date back to Western colonialism with award-winning Indian author Amitav Ghosh, who examines the ...

New York; March 8, 2024 — Last week, award-winning author Amitav Ghosh sat down with Princeton professor and former BBC journalist Razia Iqbal for a conversation about his latest book, Smoke and Ashes ...

Novelist Amitav Ghosh takes us into the heart of the 19th century opium trade, when the West fed addiction in China. Amitav Ghosh (amitavghosh.com) Go back almost two centuries, and the global drug ...

A new book asks, among many provocative questions, is the elevation of human above all other species, indeed above the Earth itself, responsible for many of Earth's problems? Amitav Ghosh, the Indian ...

Amitav Ghosh, the acclaimed Indian-born novelist, is well-known for exploring themes of culture, power and politics in his works of historical fiction set in Asia. His insightful new non-fiction, The ...

UPDATE: Jay Corcoran filmed some behind the scenes interviews with Amitav Ghosh, Jonathan Spence and members of the audience. (Scroll to the bottom of the page to watch.) The relevance of past to ...