“She had talked of this at length with Kadambari—Mrs. Dutt: Why should it not be possible for these freedoms to be universally available for women everywhere? And Mrs. Dutt had said that of course, this was one of the great… — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
“She had talked of this at length with Kadambari—Mrs. Dutt: Why should it not be possible for these freedoms to be universally available for… — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
“How was it that no one had ever told her that it was not love itself, but its treacherous gatekeepers which made the greatest… — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
The government to you is what God is to agnostics--only to be invoked when your own well being is at stake. — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
“There was a time when the Bengali language was an angry flood trying to break down her door. She would crawl into a closet… — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
“[C]apitalist trade and industry cannot thrive without access to military and political power. State interventions have always been critical to its advancement.” — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
“He said: 'You don't understand. We never thought that we were being used to conquer people. Not at all: we thought the opposite. We… — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
“already know by instinct we're not comfortably at home in our translated world.” — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
“She remembered a word he'd often used, karuna-one of the Buddha's words, Pali for compassion, for the immanence of all living things in each… — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
“And now, indeed, everything began to look new, unexpected, full of surprises. I had a book in my hands to while away the time,… — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
“Contrary to what I might like to think,my life is not guided by reason;it is ruled rather by the inertia of habitual motion.” — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
“Why don’t they complain?" "They do sometimes. But usually there's nothing in particular to complain about. Take the case of Hardy's appointment: Who was… — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
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