Amitav Ghosh
@GhoshAmitav
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Author most recently of 'Smoke and Ashes'.
Joined January 2012
"In order to counter China, the West is beginning to adopt the communist state’s strategies. " So much for the triumph of 'free markets'.
Only addressing @DanielaGabor as your royal highness from now on.
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RT @AFP: Gaza's civil defence agency said at least 10 people were killed across the Palestinian territory on Saturday, including civilians….
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"In the pursuit of a historical fantasy, today’s rulers want to erase the reality that modern India would be unrecognisable without the imprint of the Mughals.".Excellent piece by a great historian of India.
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In the pursuit of a historical fantasy, today’s rulers want to erase the reality that modern India would be unrecognisable without the imprint of the Mughals.
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RT @_YogendraYadav: I have defended India’s electoral process for decades, telling the world to learn from our Election Commission. But the….
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RT @UNLazzarini: “This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing”: a licence to kill starving people in total impunity. These cruel dystopi….
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RT @EmoryMort: On a podcast interview, @GhoshAmitav told @DavidNaimon that Annie Proulx’s book Barkskins accomplished the feat of magisteri….
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RT @SoniaMinochka: Can we ever hope for an independent report on the destruction of the Himalayas in the name of "development" and tourism….
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RT @KenRoth: Bad as starvation is in Gaza, the water crisis is just as severe. Most of the water is drawn from wells in a brackish aquifer….
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Weakened by hunger, many Gazans trek across a ruined landscape each day to haul all their drinking and washing water - a painful load that is still far below the levels needed to keep people healthy.
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RT @zohranmamdani: She carried her injured sister on her feet for more than 2 km through the rubble and chaos. In Palestine 🇵🇸, children a….
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RT @OnTheMarsh303: Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn. More than 100 million ‘novel entity’ chemical….
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More than 100 million ‘novel entity’ chemicals are in circulation, with health impact not widely recognised
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RT @vijayprashad: Today is Hiroshima Day. This is Gaza. More ordinance dropped on Gaza than on Hiroshima.
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RT @BMarchetich: I dunno if people really understand how bad what's happened to Gaza is. So here's a collection of stats (often conservativ….
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RT @PermanentBlack: Just out, by TITHI BHATTACHARYA @DrTithi1917. “The best account I have yet read of the enchanted and uncanny world of s….
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RT @ndtv: #NDTVExclusive | "Horrified by what happened. We can't blame it all on climate change, it is a fault of public policy, planning":….
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RT @down2earthindia: Great Barrier Reef faces its steepest coral loss in 39 years. Hard coral cover plunged 70% in some areas after record….
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The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its most severe coral loss in nearly 40 years due to climate change-induced heat stress, cyclones, and coral-eating starfish. An Australian Institute of Marine...
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RT @jasonhickel: The Irish President has called on the UN to invoke Chapter 7 of its Charter, paving the way for possible international mil….
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RT @ryangrim: Scenes from a war zone in which only one side is shooting, while the other side is trying to get bags of flour https://t.co/….
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RT @IndiaToday: We have to understand that these Himalayan regions are at a critical juncture of climate change. It is a very critical zone….
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