Tonight were really honored again to have amitav ghosh and to be in conversation razia iqbal. Im just going to very briefly read a little bit of bio you and and then im going to turn it over just. One more thing in terms of the format of evening, were going to start with short talk that will help to contextualize the topic and the book and then joined by here. They will have a conversation and then well have a moment for q a and books, as you may have noticed, are on. And amitabh has graciously agreed to sign books upstairs. So with that in mind amitav ghosh is the author of the bestselling eves trilogy, comprised of sea of poppies, shortlisted for the 28 man booker prize, river of smoke and, flood of fire. His other novels include the circle of reason which won the prix de im sure im going to mangle this. Im not even going to say it, but glass palace, hes the author of many of nonfiction, including the great Climate Change the unthinkable and, the nutmegs, curse parables for a planet
Over just. One more thing in terms of the format of evening, were going to start with short talk that will help to contextualize the topic and the book and then joined by here. They will have a conversation and then well have a moment for q a and books, as you may have noticed, are on. And amitabh has graciously agreed to sign books upstairs. So with that in mind amitav ghosh is the author of the bestselling eves trilogy, comprised of sea of poppies, shortlisted for the 28 man booker prize, river of smoke and, flood of fire. His other novels include the circle of reason which won the prix de im sure im going to mangle this. Im not even going to say it, but glass palace, hes the author of many of nonfiction, including the great Climate Change the unthinkable and, the nutmegs, curse parables for a planet in crisis. And again i think hes able to frame something in such powerful ways he holds two Lifetime Achievement awards and, four honorary doctorates. In 2018, gauche became first englis
Tonight were really honored again to have amitav ghosh and to be in conversation razia iqbal. Im just going to very briefly read a little bit of bio you and and then im going to turn it over just. One more thing in terms of the format of evening, were going to start with short talk that will help to contextualize the topic and the book and then joined by here. They will have a conversation and then well have a moment for q a and books, as you may have noticed, are on. And amitabh has graciously agreed to sign books upstairs. So with that in mind amitav ghosh is the author of the bestselling eves trilogy, comprised of sea of poppies, shortlisted for the 28 man booker prize, river of smoke and, flood of fire. His other novels include the circle of reason which won the prix de im sure im going to mangle this. Im not even going to say it, but glass palace, hes the author of many of nonfiction, including the great Climate Change the unthinkable and, the nutmegs, curse parables for a planet
To be in conversation razia iqbal. Im just going to very briefly read a little bit of bio you and and then im going to turn it over just. One more thing in terms of the format of evening, were going to start with short talk that will help to contextualize the topic and the book and then joined by here. They will have a conversation and then well have a moment for q a and books, as you may have noticed, are on. And amitabh has graciously agreed to sign books upstairs. So with that in mind amitav ghosh is the author of the bestselling eves trilogy, comprised of sea of poppies, shortlisted for the 28 man booker prize, river of smoke and, flood of fire. His other novels include the circle of reason which won the prix de im sure im going to mangle this. Im not even going to say it, but glass palace, hes the author of many of nonfiction, including the great Climate Change the unthinkable and, the nutmegs, curse parables for a planet in crisis. And again i think hes able to frame something in
Like, i definitely dont mean to offend anybody, and if you want to talk more deeply, but if youre going to be so thinskinned we cant have a conversation, thats your voice, but im going to keep talking. So thank you. Thank you. Yes, sir. So, eric, youve touched on the theme of education and the role in promotion of virtue. So my wife and i, believing that the purpose of education is wisdom and virtue, chose a classical christian school. Right. Some would argue youre abandoning the Public Schools where the reality is the majority of our citizens will be educated well, i mean yeah. Just touch on some specifics around how we can, regardless of where our children go to school, engage in the Public School system. Well, it depends. Everybodys called to do different things. Im not going to send my daughter to a school so i can, you know, make a political statement while her brain is ruined, you know what im saying . I think, first, we have to take care of our own, and if it means sending your