Sharjah, Nov 13 : Indias highest literary award winner sent out a strong message on the impending climate catastrophe at a special ceremony here as part of the 40th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF).Sharjah, Nov 13, : , India’s highest literary award recipient sent a strong message about the imminent climate catastrophe at a special ceremony held here as part the 40th Sharjah International Book Fair.Taking a swipe at the COP26 climate talks that ended the same day in Glasgow, Amitav Ghosh said on Friday that enough hasn’t come out of the summit that had some of the world’s top leaders attending it.AmitavGhosh took a swipe at the COP26 Climate talks that concluded the same day in Glasgow.He said that not enough had come out of the summit which saw some of the most powerful leaders around the world.
“More needs to be done at a global level with sea levels rising and aquifers drying up,” he said while explaining how his latest book “The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis” was inspired by the people of Banda islands in Indonesia and through it how he found that the origins of contemporary climate crisis lay in ‘Western colonialism’s violent exploitation of human life and the natural environment.He said, “More must be done at the global level with seas rising and aquifers dry up,” while explaining how his new book “The Nutmeg’s Curse” was inspired in part by Banda people in Indonesia.Through it, he discovered that the root of the current climate crisis was in the ‘Western colonialism”s violent exploitation human life of the natural environment.
The book, published only last month, has been called a successor to The Great Derangement where the 2018 Jnanpith winner first wrote about climate change and its impacts.The book was published last month and is being called a sequel to The Great Derangement, where the 2018 Jnanpith winner wrote about climate change’s impacts.
“I had to address questions (on climate change) I encountered and saw first-hand closer home,” said Ghosh while talking about how he first wrote on the topic, moved by the situation in the Sunderbans in his native West Bengal – a mangrove area in the delta formed by the confluence of three rivers where rising sea levels were “gobbling up islands” in front of his eyes.Ghosh said that he had to answer questions on climate change that he encountered and witnessed firsthand.
He was inspired by the Sunderbans situation in West Bengal, where he wrote the first article.The mangrove area is located in the delta formed by three rivers.
“Nutmeg and Mace are endemic to the Banda islands thanks to their fertile volcanic soil.Due to their volcanic soil, Nutmegs and Mace are endemic in Banda islands.
Because of the nutmeg tree, Banda became the centre of the world and the Bandanese very prosperous until the European colonialists entered, plundered and left,” said the winner of Padma Shri, one of India’s highest honours, and author of best-sellers such as “The Calcutta Chromosome” (1995), “The Glass Palace” (2000) and “Gun Island” (2019).Banda was the center of the globe because of the nutmeg trees.
Bandanese were very wealthy until European colonialists arrived, plunder and leave,” stated Padma Shri, the Padma Shri winner, one of India’s most prestigious honours and author of bestsellers like “The Calcutta Chromosome”, “The Glass Palace” ((2000)) and “Gun Island” (2018).
Talking about the central theme of his book, he said, it explores ‘the nutmeg’s curse’ of how an abundance of a natural reserve (spice trees) led to the elimination of their very preservers (Bandenese).
He spoke about the central theme in his book and said that it explored ‘the nutst curse’, the story of how the abundance of natural reserves (spice trees), led to the destruction of their preservers (Bandenese).
“The planetary crisis is exactly the same.”The planetary crises is the exact same.It’s a resource curse.It’s a resource curse.It’s exactly what’s happened with fossil fuel in places in Iraq and Libya in recent history,” he said while explaining how the dynamics of climate change today are rooted in a centuries-old geopolitical order constructed by Western colonialism.This is exactly what has happened in recent history with fossil fuels in Libya and Iraq,” he stated, while explaining that the current dynamics of climate change are rooted in a centuries old geopolitical order created by Western colonialism.
“The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis” has been described as a powerful work of history, essay, testimony, and polemic that traces our contemporary planetary crisis back to the discovery of the New World and the sea route to the Indian Ocean.”The Nutmeg’s Curse” is a powerful piece of history, essay and testimony that tells the story of a planet in crisis.It traces the origins of our current planetary crisis back through the discovery of the New World, the sea route to India Ocean, and other polemics #Jnanpith #sends #strong #message #crisis
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