"We are going through a profound geological disruption around the world, we don't recognise enough how a plant is responsible for it," writer Amitav Ghosh said, while talking to ThePrint's editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta Saturday.
Ghosh, the writer of the 'Sea of Poppies', was referring to the fascinating story of the trade in opium, which is made from poppy seeds, and its geopolitical implications.
Ghosh and Gupta were in conversation at an event organised by HarperCollins India as part of their 'The Lecture' series, where Ghosh also discussed his new book 'Smoke and Ashes'.
"What can the current anti-fossil fuel campaign learn from the anti-opium movement?" Gupta asked the writer. In reply, Ghosh said: "From the late 19th century onwards, a sort of global anti-opium movement arose and India was one of the centers of it...It is not surprising that the British did not long outlast the end of the opium trade. Because their whole structure was built upon it. True of the Dutch, the French too."
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