Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Amitav Ghosh
Born: July 11, 1956 (age 68)
Bio: Amitav Ghosh is an Indian American author best known for his work in English fiction.
Known for:
- Sea of Poppies (2008)
- The Glass Palace: A Novel (2000)
- River of Smoke (2011)
- The Shadow Lines (1988)
- Flood of Fire (2015)