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May 3, 2026
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Weekend Listen: Writer Amitav Ghosh on Why India Has Lost Its Way | Big Take Asia
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Amitav Ghosh
(Writer and Novelist, guest)
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Executive Summary
Novelist Amitav Ghosh argues the global climate crisis is not a scientific problem but a geopolitical one, rooted in the fossil fuel economy that underpins Anglo-American global power.
Ghosh describes the current era as a major power shift from declining maritime powers (US, UK) to rising continental powers (China, Russia, Iran), creating a new global order.
India is in a precarious strategic position, caught between maritime dependencies and the rise of continental powers, and is highly vulnerable to energy shocks due to a failure to stockpile fuel reserves.
The conversation explores the intersection of the personal and political, linking a modern 'loss of wonder' to destructive environmental policies and highlighting the 'Rights of Nature' movement as a positive counter-example.
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