Thirteen Factories Museum
ChrestomatherDear Mr Ghosh, I noticed on your blog that a number of the readers of the Ibis Trilogy have enquired about what now remains in Guangzhou from the scenes…
Two Assamese Novels
Rita Chowdhury’s compelling historical novel, Chinatown Days, is about a community that was founded by a handful of Chinese workers who came to Assam in the 1830s at the…
letter on the behaviour of vines
Dear Mr. Ghosh, I just read your notes about vine behavior in your masterful “The Great Derangement” and thought you might be interested in the following. I study vines,…
‘Living with Disasters’
I just finished reading Amites Mukhopadhyay's Living with Disasters: Communities and Development in the Indian Sundarbans (Cambridge University Press, 2016). …
Letter from Amsterdam
Dear Mr. Ghosh, I recently came across your Ibis trilogy and read them all in one go. I was just mesmerised with both the story and learning about the history…
‘We are really running out of time’: a comment on my co-authored piece in the Guardian
On January 31st, Dr. Aaron Lobo, a marine conservationist, and I published a co-authored article in the Guardian, entitled Bay of Bengal: depleted fish stocks and huge dead…
Victor Rangel Ribeiro’s ‘The Miscreant’
Victor Rangel Ribeiro published his first novel in 1998, at the age of seventy-two. It took its name from a fictional village, Tivolem, and is among the finest novels ever…
Himalayan Cornucopia
The Centenary Farmers' Market in Thimpu, the capital of Bhutan, is a cornucopia of fresh, organic produce: …
Letter from Kolkata: ‘The Great Derangement’ and a recent storm
On August 17, 2016, Kolkata (Calcutta) was hit by an unusual storm. I received this letter on August 19. It is reproduced here with the writer's permission. Dear Mr. Amitav…
Letter from novelist Aruni Kashyap re ‘The Shadow Lines’
Aruni Kashyap The letter below is from novelist Aruni Kashyap, author of The House With A Thousand Stories (Viking/Penguin, 2013). It is posted here with his permission. …