Amitav Ghosh

Israeli children caught on camera stomping on Gaza-bound aid A disturbing act that symbolizes the dehumanization of an entire population. Food for the starving, treated with contempt.

article-14.com/post/how-scien… The Great Nicobar Island project is being pushed through at terrible cost to the fragile ecosystem. The Shompen Tribe is under threat besides several species of aquatic animals and birds. And millions of trees. Do read. @Madhusree1984

Protesters banged pots and pans on Downing Street in London to denounce Gaza’s urgent hunger crisis. The protest follows reports that over 1,000 Palestinians were shot while queuing for food. Gaza’s Health Ministry says 122 people have died of starvation.

28 million deaths caused by the imperial core since 1971, due to unilateral sanctions alone. Pure barbarism. This system is incompatible with humanity. thelancet.com/journals/langl…

"The legacy of Oppenheimer...lies in his mistaking proximity to power for power itself. Rather than using his influence to restrain the bomb’s use, he exercised what authority he had to facilitate its most catastrophic outcome..." thenation.com/article/world/…

“A US senator was asked about US citizens killed by a foreign country. She responded by saying she supports the foreign country.” @prem_thakker reveals how lawmakers - both Republican and Democratic - refuse to even recognize the Americans being killed by Israelis.

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Tikender Panwar, former deputy mayor of Shimla writes — Why Parliamentary Rituals and Performative Gestures Won’t Save Our Cities m.thewire.in/article/enviro… via @thewire_In

I am sick of the tired platitude that for an ally like Israel we must not disagree publicly or in the media. Not when there is mass starvation. This is the time for every American to speak up publicly. PM Netanyahu, let in the food, medicine & aid. We must not be complicit.

People in #Gaza are dying from lack of humanitarian assistance - food, clean water, and other essential lifelines. A ceasefire is long overdue and humanitarians should be able to reach all those in need, wherever they are.

“The world did not merely fail Gaza. It abandoned her. And in doing so, it exposed itself.” Soumaya Ghannoushi @SMGhannoushi Gaza is a mirror reflecting the world’s absolute shame braveneweurope.com/soumaya-ghanno… #GazaHolocaust #GazaGenocide #Geopolitics #starvation #Hunger…

“Israel’s Minister of Starvation” Would you ever see this from NYT?

Israel denies it is to blame for famine in Gaza, instead accusing Hamas of deliberately creating the humanitarian crisis. The World Health Organization and more than 100 aid and human rights groups said on Wednesday that mass starvation is spreading in Gaza…

Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Ratan Thiyam. One of the greats. Ratan Thiyam: Outspoken theatre director who forced audiences to reconsider stereotypes of heroes, villains | Art-and-culture News - The Indian Express indianexpress.com/article/lifest…

"Wilson’s vision of the brittleness of the American intelligentsia before a brazenly imperialist regime has never been more fully realized." Pankaj Mishra at his best: the US literary establishment has always delighted in speaking reassurance to power. harpers.org/archive/2025/0…

Anindita Basak reviews Amitav Ghosh's (@GhoshAmitav) Arthur C. Clarke Award winning novel, The Calcutta Chromosome (1995). Read the review on our ASAP Corner: thehooghlyreview.com/microscopes-mu… #WritingCommunity

Shujjaiya, Gaza City | Lt. Col Almog Ben Ami, 932 Battalion commander in an interview with ISL pub. broadcast chn. “Our mission is that they’ll have nowhere to go back to.. “ Q: to what depth are you now flattening? “As much as I can, as fast as possible Until they stop me”

UN says more than 1,000 Palestinians killed by Israel's military while seeking food since new aid method began bbc.in/3GXqwbO

UK Life expectancy is lower today than it was 13 years ago. The increases in life expectancy our elders enjoyed have halted. The government should be reducing the age of retirement not increasing it.

Every single American politician should be demanding that aid be allowed into Gaza. This is the absolute easiest call to make: People should have food. There is no excuse.