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Amitav Ghosh is one of India’s best-known writers. He is a leading figure in the Anglo-Indian literary boom and has shed light on the dark history of British colonialism. Amitav Ghosh grew up in Kolkata and Sri Lanka. He studied in Delhi and at Oxford, where he obtained a PhD in social anthropology. He lives in New York. Amitav Ghosh has written several acclaimed novels and collections of essays