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The British Empire Was a Drug Cartel | Anglosphere Is Ending | Amitav Ghosh On The India Story

In a powerful and wide-ranging conversation on The India Story with Vikram Chandra, acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh unpacks the hidden histories and dangerous patterns shaping our world today. The Author discusses his new book ‘Ghost Eye’, centered around reincarnation and climate change in this episode. From exposing how the British Empire functioned as an opium-driven drug cartel, to explaining why the Anglosphere-led world order is collapsing, Ghosh connects colonial extraction to today’s climate crisis, geopolitics, and global instability. #TheIndiaStory #AmitavGhosh #VikramChandra #BritishEmpire #OpiumWars #WorldOrder #Anglosphere #ClimateCrisis Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:20 Why history is key to understanding today’s crises 03:10 The British Empire and the opium economy 05:45 Opium Wars and India–China’s shared colonial past 08:30 Was the British Empire a narco-state? 11:10 The myth of the “rules-based world order” 14:00 How colonial extraction still shapes the Global South 17:20 The rise of Asia and decline of the Anglosphere 20:10 China, India and the post-Western world 23:30 Climate change as part of a larger polycrisis 27:00 Why technology alone cannot fix the climate crisis 30:10 Fossil fuels, capitalism and modernity’s blind spots 33:30 The Great Derangement and cultural denial 36:20 Literature, storytelling and political imagination 39:10 AI, data obsession and limits of rationalism 42:00 Consciousness, memory and past-life experiences 45:10 Indigenous knowledge vs modern worldviews 48:30 Empire, violence and environmental collapse 51:20 What the future world order may look like 54:00 Why narratives must change to survive 57:00 Closing reflections with Amitav Ghosh Follow The India Story on Instagram:   / theindiastorypodcast   Follow Vikram Chandra on Social Media: Twitter: https://x.com/vikramchandra LinkedIn:   / vikramchandra67   Follow Hook On Other Platforms: Instagram:   / hookonline_   Facebook:   / online.hook   Twitter: https://x.com/hookonline_ LinkedIn:   / hookonline