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Dancing in Cambodia
Amitav Ghosh
‘On 10 May 1906, at two in the afternoon, a French liner called the Amiral-Kersaint set off from Saigon carrying a troupe of nearly a hundred classical dancers and musicians from the royal palace at Phnom Penh.‘
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An Egyptian in Baghdad
Amitav Ghosh
‘It was exactly three weeks since Saddam Hussein had invaded Kuwait, and miraculously, Abu-Ali, the old shopkeeper, was on his feet.’
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Four Corners
Amitav Ghosh
‘Never had a wilderness seemed so utterly vanquished.’
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Tibetan Dinner
Amitav Ghosh
‘The last time I'd eaten a mo-mo was as an undergraduate, in Delhi.’
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The Imam And The Indian
Amitav Ghosh
'We were both travelling, he and I: we were travelling in the West. The only difference was that I had actually been there, in person.'
