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Topic: Amitav Ghosh

Curious Trump ‘affair’ with Pakistan & possible patch-up with India, & Amitav Ghosh’s secret manuscript

FT underlines ‘lack of innovation’ in India while BBC reports how Mamta Pathak, a 63-year-old chemistry teacher accused of killing her husband, defended herself in court. 

New book presents Amitav Ghosh’s exceptional writings. Fresh perspective on the world

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘Wild Fictions’ will be released on 27 January on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online platform for launching non-fiction books.

Amitav Ghosh new book blames India too for China’s opium addiction, ‘civilisational shock’

Opium played such a foundational role in India's history and society and yet we don’t hear about it anywhere in schools and colleges, says Amitav Ghosh.

Govts around the world have learnt language of ‘greenwashing’, especially India: Amitav Ghosh

Geopolitics of climate change is never discussed at meetings like COP, which are oriented towards technocratic & technological solutions, Amitav Ghosh says at ThePrint’s Off the Cuff. 

Congress, Left, BJP – India striving to remake itself as settler colonialist: Amitav Ghosh

In ‘The Nutmeg’s Curse’, Amitav Ghosh writes that India’s forest lands have formed an internal ‘state of exception’ where normal functioning of laws is suspended.

CAA-NRC threat to identity & livelihood, say Mira Nair, Naseeruddin Shah & others

In a note, 300 eminent personalities including Amitav Ghosh, TM Krishna & Romila Thapar said they stand in solidarity with those protesting against CAA-NRC.

Amitav Ghosh takes to Twitter to highlight why East India Company never went after Nepal

Author Amitav Ghosh, who has extensively explored the history of the subcontinent, points out that there is still Eurocentrism in the study of the subject.

Amitav Ghosh is the Jnanpith Award winner and climate crusader India doesn’t know it needs

Through his writings, Amitav Ghosh forces public personas to talk about climate change, toxic majoritarianism and dwindling space for free speech.

Dancing with Agha Shahid Ali: Why the poet will always be my muse

Author and poet Kamla Kapur recounts growing up with Shahid, the Phoenix in a coffin of light.

Baba Ramdev may land up in high office of India one day: Foreign Policy magazine

Magazine lists Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani in ‘Technology’ category. Other Indians on the list include Amitav Ghosh and Menaka Guruswamy.

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ThePrint is widening its lens. New shows on AI, economy, bureaucracy—and fresh newsletters

The latest additions to ThePrint’s properties will improve your understanding of the India we live in, whether it's through the prism of AI or civil services.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

In Nepal, young dreams of serving in Indian Army crash as Agnipath halts a centuries-old tradition

Since 1815, Nepali Gorkhas have served in Indian & British Armies, as well as in Bihar, Bengal & Assam Police. Since Agnipath scheme came in, no Nepal-domiciled Gorkha has enlisted.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.