Amitav Ghosh

Podcast : Big Take Asia (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this? ) Episode : Weekend Listen: Writer Amitav Ghosh on Why India Has Lost Its Way Pub date : 2026-05-03 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization For more than 30 years, the Indian-born writer Amitav Ghosh has built a global following with novels that draw on deep historical research. But his latest offering, Ghost-Eye, is more esoteric. The plot moves back and forth between India and the US, using past lives to explore the ties between the personal and the political. The plot centers on a psychiatrist treating a 3-year-old who shocks her family by insisting she remembers a past life in a fishing community. In this conversation with Mishal Husain, Ghosh explains why he’s finding it harder to write nowadays, how the memories of his childhood came flooding back during the Covid pandemic, why he sees capitalism as an obstacle to protecting the environment and thinks India has lost its way diplomatically. Read this interview with Mishal’s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview We have a special Bloomberg subscription offer for podcast listeners at Bloomberg.com/podcastoffer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Bloomberg, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

What do fate and past lives reveal about who we are? Claire Nichols speaks with Veronica Roth and Amitav Ghosh on Seek the Traitor's Son and Ghost Eye. Award-winning, Indian-born American author Amitav Ghosh explores the mysteries of past lives in his latest novel Ghost Eye . Drawing on international case studies of reported reincarnation, Ghosh brings these stories to life through a narrative set in 1960s Calcutta. When a three-year-old girl from a wealthy, strictly vegetarian family wakes up insisting on eating fish, the question is raised: could she be remembering a previous life as a fisherwoman from a rural community? In conversation with Claire Nichols, Ghosh explains why such accounts of past-life memories shouldn't be dismissed outright as they say something profound about what it means to be human. Amitav Ghosh is visiting Australia in May and will be a guest at the Sydney Writers Festival , Saturday 23 May and the Wheeler Centre, Melbourne, Wednesday 27 May. Bestselling author Veronica Roth speaks with Claire Nichols about writing her debut novel Divergent while still a university student and how the book and series went on to sell more than 35 million copies worldwide. Now, Roth turns to adult speculative fiction with her new novel Seek the Traitor's Son , the first in an epic series set in a divided world. The story follows a young woman destined to save her people in a society fractured between those who worship the mysterious force known as the "fever" and those who reject it.

Presenter James Crawford speaks to award-winning novelist Amitav Ghosh about his new book, Ghost Eye, and its three key literary influences. Ghost Eye is told through the memories and recollections of its narrator, Dinu, who grew up in Calcutta and now lives in New York. Set during the COVID pandemic, the story unfolds as Dinu recalls a story his Auntie Shoma once told him - one that takes place in Calcutta in 1969. At the time, Shoma was a psychiatrist investigating cases of the reincarnation type, and her work led her to a particular case involving Varsha, a three-year-old girl. Amitav Ghosh was shortlisted for the 2008 Booker Prize for his novel Sea of Poppies, and for the International Booker Prize in 2015 for his entire body of work. He was also awarded the Erasmus Prize for his writing on climate change in 2024. For his three influences, Amitav chose: The Hungry Stones by Rabindranath Tagore (1895); The Willows by Algernon Blackwood (1907); and Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane (2025). Producer: Rachael O’Neill Editor: Gillian Wheelan This was a BBC Audio Scotland production.

Den store vildfarelse, kaldte han den. Den indiske stjerneforfatter Amitav Ghosh brød igennem til nye generationer, da han i fire banebrydende forelæsninger på University of Chicago hudflettede den politiske og kulturelle blindhed over for klimaforandringerne. I dette afsnit af Den levende, det andet af to afsnit med Amitav Ghosh, fortæller han, hvordan vi retter op på fejlen. Vi har nemlig glemt, at det langt fra kun mennesker, der former verden og kommunikerer, siger Ghosh. Og hvis vi begynder at få øje for de ikke-menneskelige kræfter, der påvirker både vores og planetens liv, kan vi genvinde forståelsen af de voldsomme planetære kræfter, vi har prikket til, og som er igang med at slå igen. Ghosh fortæller om nogle af de eksempler, han har skrevet om i sine bøger: Opium-valmuen, der tilsyneladende aldrig taber sin magt over mennesker og hele samfund. Og benzinen, som hele det amerikanske samfund ifølge ham er dybt, følelsesmæssigt knyttet til. Efter interviewet med Ghosh taler Eva Eistrup og Lotte Folke om, hvor man ellers kan lytte efter ikke-menneskelige stemmer. Et godt bud er to amerikanske forfattere Octavia Butler og Robin Wall Kimmerer, der for nylig er udgivet i flere nye oversættelser på dansk. Vil du høre det fulde afsnit og alle de andre podcasts som Den Levende laver? Så download Politikens podcast app og log ind med dit Politiken-log ind. Bliv abonnement her: pol.dk/abonnement Læs: Amitav Ghosh: The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable, 2016 Amitav Ghosh: Den store vildfarelse, forkortet på dansk, A Mock Book, 2024 Völuspá - Vølvens spådom. Gendigtet af Andrea Hejlskov. Uro. Johannes’ Åbenbaring. Læs hos Bibelselskabet James Lovelock: Gaia - et nyt syn på Jordens liv. Hovedland Bruno Latour: Ansigt til ansigt med Gaia. Mindspace Octavia E. Butler: Earthseed-serien. Lindhardt og Ringhof Lars Skinnebach: Teotwawki. Anmeldelse af Mikkel Krause Frantzen på pol.dk Robin Wall Kimmerer: Bærmispel - overflod og gensidighed i den naturlige verden. A Mock Book. Robin Wall Kimmerer: Om at samle mos - mossernes natur- og kulturhistorie. Mindspace Anbefalinger: Eva: Andor-serien på Disney + Lotte: Informations bogtillæg og interviewet med Michel Houellebecq Læs videre til begge afsnit: Amitav Ghosh: The Nutmeg’s Curse - Parables for a Planet in Crisis. John Murray. Amitav Ghosh: Smoke and Ashes: A Writer’s Journey Through Opium’s Hidden Histories, 2023 Skønlitteratur af Amitav Ghosh: The Calcutta Chromosome (1995) Glaspaladset (dansk 2001) Tidevandslandet (dansk 2004) Skyggelinjer (dansk 1994) Lyt: Vores klimas historier: Live-samtale mellem Amitav Ghosh og den islandske forfatter Andri Snær Magnason modereret af Lotte Folke på årets Bloom-festival i Søndermarken, på Blooms hjemmeside See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To af klimalitteraturens mest markante forfattere mødtes på Bloom 2025 : Andri Snær Magnason, der i maj udgav fortællingen 'Jötunstein', og den indiske romanforfatter og essayist Amitav Ghosh, der er aktuel på dansk med 'Den store vildfarelse'. Ghosh er berømt og berygtet for sin kritik af den moderne roman, som er tynget under et psykologisk verdensbillede, hvor det er mennesket, der handler, og naturen blot er en passiv omverden. Derfor har romankunsten ifølge Ghosh aldrig fået greb om klimakrisen, og der er brug for nye, vilde fortællinger, der tillader naturkræfterne at træde i forgrunden i egen ret og som andet og mere end spejlinger af den menneskelige psyke. Det forsøger han selv og Magnason på med greb fra både videnskab, mytologi og det levede liv. Ghosh har givet videnskab, natur og klima en plads i forgrunden i bøger som den spekulative videnskabsroman 'The Calcutta Chromosome' om en malariaparasit, der er genvejen til evigt liv, og klimaromanen 'The Hungry Tide' om Irrawaddy-delfinerne i Sundarban-mangroveskovene i Indien og Bangladesh. Magnason brød isen med 'Tiden og vandet', hvor han på eminent vis væver sin egen familiehistorie sammen med klimavidenskabens data, de gamle, islandske Edda-digte og sine møder med Dalai Lama i Himalaya-bjergenes gletsjer-rige højder. Vær med til et stort kulturmøde i klimaets tegn, når Ghosh og Magnason tager en status på fortællekunsten – og afgør, om det er et tilfælde, at de indiske og islandske skabelsesmyter minder så meget om hinanden, som de gør.

Massedød. Det er den indiske forfatter Amitav Ghoshs ord for det, den europæiske elite udløste i den såkaldte ’Nye Verden’ op til og under det, vi lærer om i skolen som Oplysningstiden. Amitav Ghosh er blandt de største af nutidens intellektuelle, der beskæftiger sig med den planetære krise, og i to nye afsnit besøger han Den levende for at fortælle om to af sine mest dagsordensættende ideer. Efter årtiers karriere som skønlitterær stjerne har Ghosh nemlig fået et helt nyt publikum, der i år strømmede til Bloom-festivalen for at møde ham. I dette afsnit fortæller Amitav Ghosh historien om en elite af nordeuropæiske magthavere og filosoffer, der får den ide, at resten af verden – andre mennesker, andre lande og naturen selv – er deres råstof. Med den idé indledes koloniseringen såvel som Oplysningstiden, siger Ghosh, og udløser »total rædsel« hos dem, det gik ud over. Og i dag ser vi, mener han, at den også bliver starten på den planetære bæredygtighedskrise, hvis omfang vi kun så småt er begyndt at forstå. Skal man forstå irrationaliteten, der driver den elite, siger Ghosh, kan man se på de hekseforfølgelser, der accelererer op i stor skala, samtidig med at eliterne sender skibe ud for at underlægge sig resten af kloden. Vil du høre det fulde afsnit og alle de andre podcasts som Den Levende laver? Så download Politikens podcast app og log ind med dit Politiken-log ind. Bliv abonnement her: pol.dk/abonnement See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Und wieder steht ein Akteur aus der Pflanzenwelt im Zentrum des Geschehens. Nach „Der Fluch der Muskatnuss“ widmet sich der indische Romancier und Essayist Amitav Ghosh in seinem neuen Buch dem Schlafmohn und damit einer der wirkmächtigsten Pflanzen der Menschheitsgeschichte. Opium als Stütze des britischen Kolonialregimes In „Rauch und Asche“ beleuchtet Ghosh die kolonialen Hintergründe der Opiumerzeugung in Indien und beschreibt, wie Großbritannien den chinesischen Markt im 18. und frühen 19. Jahrhundert illegal mit dem verderbenbringenden Handelsgut überschwemmte, um sein Handelsdefizit auszugleichen. Es gibt möglicherweise keine Wirtschaftspolitik, die jemals erfolgreicher umgesetzt worden ist als das Opiumprogramm des britischen Empire. Genau wie geplant lösten diese Maßnahmen innerhalb weniger Jahrzehnte das Zahlungsbilanzproblem der East India Company: Anstatt dass riesige Silbermengen von England nach China flossen, bewegten sich nun massenhaft Goldbarren in die andere Richtung. Quelle: Amitav Ghosh – Rauch und Asche Opiumgeld für Aufbau von US-Infrastruktur Nicht nur die Briten profitierten vom Opiumschmuggel. Rasch nach der Unabhängigkeitserklärung stiegen auch blutjunge US-amerikanische Kaufleute in den chinenischen Drogenhandel ein. Nach ihrer Rückkehr aus Kanton investierten diese „Brahmanen von Boston“ ihre kolossalen Gewinne in die entstehende Industrie und in die Eisenbahn. Sie gründeten und finanzierten Schulen, Bibliotheken und Krankenhäuser. Im Wesentlichen hatte der Kolonialismus eine Machtstruktur geschaffen, der zufolge die aus Europa kommenden Eliten und ihre Verbündeten unter den europäisch stämmigen Diasporagruppen eine derart absolute Vorherrschaft genossen, dass es tugendhaften jungen Amerikanern möglich war, in fernen Ländern Verbrechen zu begehen, mit sauberen Händen in ihre Heimat zurückzukehren und sich dort als Helden für ihre Rolle beim Aufbau der amerikanischen Wirtschaft feiern zu lassen. Mit anderen Worten, sie konnten mithilfe des weltweiten Kolonialismus das verwirklichen, wonach Drogenbarone wie Lucky Luciano und Pablo Escobar sich immer gesehnt hatten: endlich »legal« zu werden. Quelle: Amitav Ghosh – Rauch und Asche Fokus auf Verlierer des ungleichen „Handels“ Hier klingt an, wo Ghoshs Sympathien beheimatet sind. Er interessiert sich für die Verlierer dieses ungleichen, mit Waffengewalt durchgesetzten „Handels“. Für die abhängigen Bauern in Indien, für die der Mohnanbau ein katastrophales Verlustgeschäft war. Für die Verheerungen in China, das sich in zwei Opiumkriegen vergeblich gegen den Schmuggel zur Wehr setzte. Und für die langfristigen wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Folgen, die bis in die Gegenwart reichen. Die sogenannte Opioid-Krise in den USA interpretiert Ghosh als trauriges „Echo" auf die Erfahrungen Chinas im 19. Jahrhundert. Millionen US-Amerikaner sind süchtig nach jahrzehntelang leichtfertig verschriebenen opioidhaltigen Schmerzmitteln, Überdosierungen – zuletzt vor allem von Fentanyl – fordern jährlich zehntausende Menschenleben. Ghosh stellt sich gegen die scheinheilige Behauptung der Drogenhändler des 19. und der Pharmaunternehmer des 21. Jahrhunderts, wonach sie lediglich eine ungedeckte Nachfrage bedienen würden. Eine sonnenklare Tatsache ist, dass bei Opioiden nicht die Nachfrage, sondern das Angebot der verantwortliche Faktor für den steigenden Konsum ist. Wenn Opioide im Überfluss vorhanden sind, schaffen sie ihre eigene Nachfrage: Und das ist genau der Grund, warum Opium als eine eigenständige historische Kraft betrachtet werden muss. Quelle: Amitav Ghosh – Rauch und Asche Lange hat Ghosh gezögert, ob er die Geschichte dieser „abscheulichen Gemeinheit“ erzählen solle, wie er unumwunden zugibt. Dieses Zaudern ist dem Text stellenweise anzumerken. Er ist weniger zwingend und kohärent als „Der Fluch der Muskatnuss“ und mit se

On Tuesday, March 25th, the Lannan Center welcomed award-winning author Amitav Ghosh for a conversation with journalist Razia Iqbal as part of the center's annual symposium, this year entitled "Writing Climate". Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta and grew up in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He studied in Delhi, Oxford and Alexandria and is the author of The Circle of Reason, The Shadow Lines, In An Antique Land, Dancing in Cambodia, The Calcutta Chromosome, The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide, and The Ibis Trilogy , consisting of Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke and Flood of Fire . The Great Derangement; Climate Change and the Unthinkable , a work of non-fiction, appeared in 2016. Gun Island was released in September 2019. Ghosh’s first-ever book in verse, Jungle Nama: A Story of the Sundarban , was published in February 2021. His latest books, The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis , was released in October 2021, and Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories was released in February 2024. The Circle of Reason was awarded France’s Prix Médicis in 1990, and The Shadow Lines won two prestigious Indian prizes the same year, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Ananda Puraskar. The Calcutta Chromosome won the Arthur C. Clarke award for 1997, and The Glass Palace won the International e-Book Award at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2001 . In January 2005, The Hungry Tide was awarded the Crossword Book Prize, a major Indian award. His novel, Sea of Poppies (2008) was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, 2008 and was awarded the Crossword Book Prize and the India Plaza Golden Quill Award. Amitav Ghosh’s work has been translated into more than thirty languages, and he has served on the juries of the Locarno and Venice film festivals. His essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, and The New York Times . They have been anthologized under the titles The Imam and the Indian (Penguin Random House India) and Incendiary Circumstances (Houghton Mifflin, USA). The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable , a work of non-fiction, was given the inaugural Utah Award for the Environmental Humanities in 2018. Music: Quantum Jazz — "Orbiting A Distant Planet" — Provided by Jamendo.

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