An Evening With Amitav Ghosh-

I briefly spoke with Amitav Ghosh prior to his addressing the FCCT in Bangkok on November 22, 2012

Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand. Bangkok. November 22, 2012. Indian author Amitav Ghosh is a major literary figure of our time, and I eagerly awaited his appearance at the FCCT. I had just finished reading his historical novel "Sea of Poppies," and was well into its sequel "River of Smoke," both books being about the mid-19^th century Opium Wars and an age of globalization predating our own. My admiration for his writing is unbounded. Ghosh says that he writes Bengali novels in English, but the worlds and characters he creates are of universal appreciation. Ghosh spoke mainly about his concerns for human life resulting from the inexorable march of global warming. His message is a scary one and he believes that global warming should become a major theme for writers of imaginative fiction.