Tag Archives: Amitav Ghosh

Driving Us Crazy

Posted on December 10, 2008 by

Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Harper Collins India, hardback, ISBN 978-81-7223-745-5, Rs 395 On Monday, I was driving home from karate at about 9pm. The Jadavpur Thana crossing was jammed as usual, and I was waiting for the lights to … Continue reading →

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Creative Writing Workshops September 2008

Posted on October 27, 2008 by

The flurry of workshops I conducted before I went to Delhi came too fast and furious for me to blog ‘em before I left, so I’m pushing a spoil-heap of half-finished posts in front of me. First off, there were … Continue reading →

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Sea of Poppies

Posted on September 5, 2008 by

Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin Viking, 2008, Rs 599. Well, here is the promised post on Sea of Poppies. I find it very difficult to write about the novels of friends, quite as much because I’m as afraid I’ll … Continue reading →

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Amitav Ghosh’s Reading at JU

Posted on July 13, 2008 by

This was a success: as Supriyadi said, we had never seen so many people in Vivekananda Hall before. By the time we began it was standing room only and many people had to be turned away. Students had to give … Continue reading →

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Launch of Sea of Poppies at Floatel

Posted on July 9, 2008 by

Amitav Ghosh’s new novel Sea of Poppies was launched in Calcutta today at a glittering function at the Floatel on the Hooghly, an appropriate venue for the launch of a book about a sea voyage, as the owner Mr Manab … Continue reading →

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