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Amitav Ghosh is an Indian writer best known for his work in English fiction.

✵ 11. July 1956
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Amitav Ghosh Quotes

“Thailand has railways and the British never colonised the country,… In 1885, when the British invaded Burma, the Burmese king was already building railways and telegraphs. These are things Indians could have done themselves.”

Amitav Ghosh

Amitav Ghosh, Interview with "The Week" http://web.archive.org/web/20030203070332/http://www.the-week.com/21sep02/life9.htm

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