Question: Who is the author of book The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis?
(a) Amitav Ghosh
(b) Amrita Pritam
(c) Ruskin Bond
(d) Vikram Seth
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- Jnanpith Awardee Amitav Ghosh has authored a book titled, ‘The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis’.
- It is published by John Murray.
- The book discusses about the history of the influence of colonialism on the world today, through the story of the nutmeg.
- In ‘The Nutmeg’s Curse’, Ghosh discusses that the nutmeg’s journey from its native Banda islands,sheds light on a widespread colonial mindset of exploitation of human life and the environment, which is present even today.