The Imam and the Indian  (English, Paperback, Ghosh Amitav)

The anthropologist-turned-novelist Ghosh is a captivating writer of rare insights and talents besides interests. He touches upon many aspects of contemporary life: poitics,religion,literature et al. Writes with finesse and narrates incidents vividly to be etched on the readers' minds permanently. The book offers a peep into the mind of Amitav Ghosh.
My personal choice among the prose pieces(as Ghosh calls them) is the one on petrofiction.
His assessment as well as observation of history,cult...