The Great Derangement

The Great Derangement: Climate change and the unthinkable

By: Aritro Mukhopadhyay, SFU Student When I first noticed that the Indian Summer Festival had invited prolific author Amitav Ghosh for an evening of ideas and literature, I was over the moon. I remember a much younger me trying to tackle The Sea Of Poppies, his 2008 novel set during the opium wars, and failing to understand its significance. As a grown-up, I have come to understand him and his novels — and my mother's passion when she vehemently talked about Ghosh being her single most favourite author. Being a Bangali myself (belonging to the state of West Bengal, India), it…

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