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Amitav Ghosh

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The Book Show
Veronica Roth and Amitav Ghosh: From Divergent to Ghost Eye, exploring fate and past lives

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Veronica Roth and Amitav Ghosh: From Divergent to Ghost Eye, exploring fate and past lives

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Amitav Ghosh

as the letters in the spellings of those names. Is that how you feel too? Oh yes, very much so. My goodness, I mean in Calcutta in the 1960s it was a completely different city from what it is now. I mean in the 1960s in Calcutta there were power cuts every day, sometimes they lasted for days.

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Amitav Ghosh

Today it's very different. Certainly the electricity supply is more or less stable.

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Amitav Ghosh

Well, Varsha Gupta is a three-year-old child. She's born into an extremely rich family of industrialists. They're Marwaris, vegetarians. I mean, particularly strict vegetarians, because her great-grandmother was a Jain, and Jains are very strict vegetarians. So Varsha is born into this family which has these dietary norms.

Take Four Books
Amitav Ghosh

One day, completely out of the blue, Varsha begins demanding to eat fish. This causes absolute mayhem in her birth family. As they proceed to question her about this, she begins to recall past life memories.

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Amitav Ghosh

Pohjoismaisen kaupungin elÀminen Sunderbanissa. Voisin lisÀtÀ, ettÀ aikuisten muistot ovat hyvin yleisiÀ. TodennÀköisesti yllÀttÀvÀn moni lapsi on syntynyt aikuisten muistioiden kanssa. Minulla on monia ystÀviÀ, joilla on ollut aikuisten muistot lapsilla.

Take Four Books
Amitav Ghosh

KyllÀ, se ei ollut minÀ tekemÀni sitÀ, niin paljon kuin minÀ tÀmÀn aiemmin tutustuneiden tutkimuksen jÀlkeen. SiinÀ on Dr. Ian Stevenson Virginiaan ylioppilaskunnan, joka teki todella suurta työtÀ tÀmÀn fenomenen kautta. HÀn dokumentoi luultavasti tuhansia tapauksia.

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Amitav Ghosh

Ja koska kirja on tullut ulos, ihmiset ovat tulleet sinulle kertomaan omia kokemuksiaan, eivÀtkö he? KyllÀ, monia ihmisiÀ. Ja jotkut ovat olleet todella yllÀttÀviÀ. Suomalaisen indian kirjan, joka kirjoittaa hindiÀ, mutta hÀn on myös Calcuttaan ja hyvin tietty.

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Amitav Ghosh

Kun aloitimme soittamaan viestejÀ, hÀn luki minun kirjani ja sanoi, ettÀ olin syntynyt nÀihin muistiin. Kun hÀn oli kolme vuotta vanha, hÀn alkoi kÀsitellÀ suhde-kandia, joka on hyvin suuri osa Ramayana. HÀn pystyi kÀsittelemÀÀn sen muistiin, eikÀ kukaan opettanut hÀnelle sitÀ.

Take Four Books
Amitav Ghosh

But again, this particular phenomenon is quite characteristic of these past life memories. Often children are born remembering languages that nobody in their family speaks. There are several documented cases of that. But it's also interesting that many of these children also have these cravings for food. That again is very commonly associated with this phenomenon of past life memories. The children, you know,

Take Four Books
Amitav Ghosh

Food is essentially how we process our environment and how our environment enters our daily lives and indeed our bodies. So food is something that I've always been very interested in. I love to cook. I've always been the family cook. So to me, one of the aspects of memory that I'm trying to recapture here is really the sensual and bodily memories of food, but indeed of the past.

Take Four Books
Amitav Ghosh

Se on ollut minulle erittÀin huomattava tuntemus, erityisesti monissa aiemmissa kirjoissani. He olivat hÀnen tuntemuksensa. Ja kyllÀ, Madeline on ympÀristöllisesti kulttuurinen kokemus ruotsista. Se kÀsittelee sitÀ. Ja kyllÀ, Dinoon mustarilta, joka on todella pysyvÀÀ, se tuottaa hÀnen lapsensa ja maskinsa takaisin.

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Amitav Ghosh

Koska COVID-pandemia oli usein ensimmÀinen kriisi, jota voidaan kutsua suurelta ympÀristöön, jota olemme nyt kuitenkin kokeilleet monimutkaisesti eri tavoilla. Toisaalta COVID oli hyvin vahva kokemus meille. Minun isÀni kuoli COVID-pandemian aikana, ja kuten Veenu, en pystynyt kutsumaan Kalkataan.

Take Four Books
Amitav Ghosh

Over the following weeks, as I began to write the story in the stillness of lockdown Brooklyn, I was drawn so viscerally back into the city of my childhood that almost everything else faded from my mind. The rising toll of the pandemic, the rumors about its origins, the soaring rates of addiction and gun violence around the United States, and even the bewildering rants of the president.

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Amitav Ghosh

Only when Black Lives Matter protesters went marching down my street did my absorption dissipate. I would rush out to follow the demonstrators into Fort Greene Park, where everyone would assemble without any regard for the rules of social distancing. This too transported me back to the Calcutta of my childhood, when not a day went by without protesters assembling somewhere, heedless of every attempt to disperse them.

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Amitav Ghosh

Joskus, kun kirjoitin ja menin tutkimuksen kohdalle, olin yllÀttynyt nÀhdÀ itseÀni pysyvÀn, ei rannalla Kalkkotassa, vaan rannalla Brooklynissa.

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Amitav Ghosh

Olen tullut tuntemaan, ettÀ tÀmÀn aikana tÀrkein haaste on luottamattomasti antaa ÀÀntÀ ilmaisille ihmisille. ErittÀin tÀrkeÀssÀ tapauksessa luottamattomuus on ollut, jolloin ilmaiset eivÀt saaneet ÀÀntÀ ilmaisille.

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Amitav Ghosh

Jos katsotaan Iliadia tai Odyseja, niin niissÀ on niin monia erilaisia nonsuomalaisten ÀÀniÀ. Ja se oli vain modernityn ajan, kun aloitimme laittaa maailmalle, ettÀ nonsuomalaisten ÀÀniÀ tuli silmÀÀn 20-luvun aikana. Jos nonsuomalaisten ÀÀniÀ oli sisÀltynyt tekstiin, niin se tuli kutsumaan lapsen kirjallisuuteen.

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Amitav Ghosh

Se ei aina ollut niin. Moby Dick on hyvin tÀrkeÀ ja vahva asia.