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Author : AMITAV GHOSH
ISBN No : 9789356992757
Language : English
Categories : INDIAN FICTION
Publisher : Harper Collins
'In thinking about the opium poppy's role in history it is hard to ignore the feeling of an intelligence at work. The single most important indication of this is the poppy's ability to create cycles of repetition, which manifest themselves in similar phenomena over time. What the opium poppy does is clearly not random; it builds symmetries that rhyme with each other.
It is important to recognize that these cycles will go on repeating, because the opium poppy is not going away anytime soon. In Mexico, for instance, despite intensive eradication efforts the acreage under poppy cultivation has continued to increase. Indeed, there is more opium being produced in the world today than at any time in the past.
Only by recognizing the power and intelligence of the opium poppy can we even begin to make peace with it.'