Literature Live! and Harper Collins in association with The Royal Opera House, Mumbai and Avid Learning proudly announce the launch of Author Amitav Ghosh’s latest non-fiction book, available first in India, Smoke and Ashes: A Writer’s Journey Through Opium’s Hidden Histories. This is the second time that Amitav Ghosh will be launching his book at The Royal Opera House, after the grand celebration of Gun Island in 2019.

The memorable evening will include a discussion between the Radio & Podcast Host and National Brand Head, RadioOne Network, Hrishikesh Kannan on the themes, narratives, and stories behind the book.

Amitav Ghosh returns with his next literary masterpiece that explores the immense effect the opium trade has had on world history and how opium continues to impact our lives today.

About the Author:

Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta, and grew up in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka; he studied in Delhi, Oxford and Alexandria. He is the author of several acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction including The Shadow Lines, The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide, the Ibis Trilogy (comprising the novels Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke and Flood of Fire), Gun Island, The Great Derangement, The Nutmeg’s Curse, Jungle Nama and The Living Mountain. Amitav Ghosh’s work has been translated into more than thirty languages. He has been awarded and felicitated across the world. In 2019 Foreign Policy magazine named him one of the most important global thinkers of the past decade. The same year, the Jnanpith Award, India’s highest literary honour, was conferred on him: he was the first English- language writer to receive it.