Amitav Ghosh (born 11 July 1956) is an Indian writer. He won the 54th Jnanpith award in 2018, India's highest literary honour. Ghosh's ambitious novels...
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Amitav Ghosh (1930 – 16 September 2020) was an Indian banker. He served for 20 days from 15 January to 4 February 1985, as the 16th governor of the Reserve...
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Ibis trilogy (category Novels by Amitav Ghosh)
The Ibis trilogy is a work of historical fiction by Indian writer Amitav Ghosh, consisting of the novels Sea of Poppies (2008), River of Smoke (2011) and...
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Kumar Ghosh (1880–1959), Indian revolutionary and journalist Amitav Ghosh (born 1956), Indian writer Amitav Ghosh (banker), Indian banker Anindita Ghosh, British...
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River of Smoke (2011) is a novel by Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh. It is the second volume of the Ibis trilogy. The promotional text refers to the storyline...
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Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, Camille by Alexandre Dumas, The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh, Six Graves to Munich by Mario Puzo, and The Enchantress of Florence...
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The Nutmeg's Curse (category Books by Amitav Ghosh)
non-fiction book by Amitav Ghosh. It discusses colonialism and environmental issues with particular focus on the Banda Islands. It is Ghosh's second non-fiction...
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The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable (redirect from The Great Derangement (Ghosh book))
Unthinkable is a 2016 non-fiction book by Indian writer Amitav Ghosh discussing climate change. In it, Ghosh discusses the cultural depictions, history and politics...
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years, Sir Benegal Rama Rau was the longest-serving governor, while Amitav Ghosh's 20-day term is the shortest. The bank's fifteenth governor, Dr Manmohan...
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the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2017. "Author Amitav Ghosh honoured with 54h Jnanpith award". The Times of India. 14 December 2018...
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The Glass Palace (category Novels by Amitav Ghosh)
The Glass Palace is a 2000 historical novel by Indian writer Amitav Ghosh. The novel is set in Burma, Bengal, India, and Malaya, spans a century from the...
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The Hungry Tide (category Novels by Amitav Ghosh)
The Hungry Tide (2004) is the fourth novel by Indian-born author, Amitav Ghosh. Set in the Sundarbans, it follows an unlikely trio who travel up river...
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The Shadow Lines (category Novels by Amitav Ghosh)
Lines (1988) is a Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novel by Indian writer Amitav Ghosh. It is a book that captures perspective of time and events, of lines...
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Sea of Poppies (category Novels by Amitav Ghosh)
Sea of Poppies (2008) is a novel by Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2008. It is the first volume of the...
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Smoke and Ashes (category Books by Amitav Ghosh)
Opium's Hidden Histories is a 2023 non-fiction book by Amitav Ghosh. The book arose from research Ghosh conducted on the historical opium trade and its relation...
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The Calcutta Chromosome (category Novels by Amitav Ghosh)
Calcutta Chromosome is a 1996 English-language novel by Indian author Amitav Ghosh. The book, set in Calcutta and New York City at some unspecified time...
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The Circle of Reason (novel) (category Novels by Amitav Ghosh)
The Circle of Reason is the first novel by Indian writer Amitav Ghosh. It was published in 1986. It follows an Indian protagonist who, suspected of being...
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Flood of Fire (category Novels by Amitav Ghosh)
Flood of Fire is a 2015 novel by Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh. Following the Sea of Poppies (2008) and River of Smoke (2011), the novel is the final installment...
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Jungle Nama (category Books by Amitav Ghosh)
Jungle Nama is a graphic verse novel written by Indian author Amitav Ghosh and illustrated by Pakistani-American artist Salman Toor. It is a verse adaptation...
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Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013. Ghosh, Deepshikha (17 May 2014). "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Resigns After...
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directing a TV series for Endemol Shine based on historical novels by Amitav Ghosh, known as the "Ibis Trilogy", which details the opium wars among Britain...
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In an Antique Land (category Books by Amitav Ghosh)
Antique Land is a 1992 book written in first-person by Indian writer Amitav Ghosh recounting his experiences in two Egyptian villages attempting to retrace...
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by Margaret Atwood". Publishers Weekly. 1 May 2003. Ghosh, Amitav (28 October 2016). "Amitav Ghosh: where is the fiction about climate change?". the Guardian...
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narrative of Dukhe. In The Hungry Tide, his 2004 environmentalist novel, Amitav Ghosh mentioned two accounts of the Bonbibi story of "Dukhey's Redemption."...
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tenure was the third-shortest (45 days) after B. N. Adarkar (42) and Amitav Ghosh (20). Compared to the latter two Governors Ambegaonkar's signature as...
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on collections of letters and memoirs. Jayapal has cited Jane Austen, Amitav Ghosh, and Yaa Gyasi as influences. Her daughter, Pramila Jayapal, is a member...
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human rights activist and Assamese journalist assassinated in 1996 Amitav Ghosh, author Manisha Girotra, Indian business executive Subir Gokarn, former...
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Retrieved 2019-08-27. "Mace spice". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Amitav Ghosh (December 30, 2016). "What Nutmeg Can Tell Us About Nafta". New York...
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1941), Indian researcher, administrator and educator Amitav Ghosh (born 1956), Indian writer Amitav Ghosh (banker) (1930–2020), Indian banker This disambiguation...
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Talk—NYBG blog. New York Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2 September 2018. Amitav Ghosh: Sea of Poppies. John Murray 2009 [2008], p. 262. IAU. "Gazetteer of...
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