The Quint at Mountain Echoes, Bhutan: Chatting With Amitav Ghosh

On the first day of Mountain Echoes, the Bhutan Literary Festival 2016, The Quint caught up with author Amitav Ghosh and spoke with him about his latest book The Great Derangement and climate change.

@GhoshAmitav on how to make the govt listen to those trying to tackle climate change #MountainEchoes pic.twitter.com/jNW13PFlfA

— Esha Paul (@eshapaul4) August 26, 2016

Met a wooden phallus masked man today...! @TheQuint is at #MountainEchoes pic.twitter.com/OLjUZ7oAZX

— Esha Paul (@eshapaul4) August 26, 2016

The Quint is republishing this story from its archives on Amitav Ghosh’s birthday. It was originally published on 26 August 2016.)