Correspondence on the siege of Kut al-Amara, 1916
ChrestomatherMarch 17, 2014 Dear Mr Ghosh, Earlier today I came across your ‘On to Baghdad’ page on the net. Ten years ago I wrote and published a…
Correspondence on the Liverpool connections of 1st World War military doctor Kalyan Mukherji
Feb 18, 2014 Dear Amitav, I discovered your wonderful blog entries about Kalyan Kumar Mukherji whilst researching First World War soldiers from the Liverpool area. I initially became interested in Captain…
The Lascar War Memorial, Kolkata
The Lascar War Memorial is located in the Indian Naval premises of Hastings, Kolkata. In 1920, William Ingram Keir, an Associate of the Royal Institute of…
A Jewish connection with pre-war Rangoon
Dear Mr. Ghosh I just finished reading your book The Glass Palace. I enjoyed it very much. It has a very personal meaning to me and I would…
Book III of the IBIS TRILOGY
I am pleased to announced the title of the third book of the Ibis Trilogy. It is: Flood of Fire. The estimated date of publication is the Spring of…
‘Ode to the Ibis’
On Oct 13 I received a message from Prof. Meg Samuelson of the Dept of English, University of Cape Town. Dear Amitav Ghosh, Excuse me writing to…
Penguin India’s Special Collector’s Edition to mark the 25th anniversary of ‘The Shadow Lines’
Penguin India is issuing a special collectors' edition of 'The Shadow Lines' to mark the 25th anniversary of the book's publication. …
Correspondence with a reader
Hello, I just finished reading River of Smoke, and I felt compelled to tell you what a wonderful, delightful book it is. I am a Parsi myself, and truly…
Countdown Interviews- General V. P. Malik: 3
AG. What sort of strategy can help prevent the many wars that are going on in Central Asia—Tajikistan and Afghanistan for example - from spilling over? Gen. V.P.…
A Laskari Lexicon – 2
Lascars and European Officers of the steamship Oolobaria; 1890 (Memorial University Maritime History Archive ) There are several striking differences between the Laskari dictionary of Lt Thomas…