Sarani Ghosal

It's an interpretative history of opium cultivation and trade, which had begun in colonial India. The British traders forced the farmers of Gazipur and Patna to cultivate opium, which was exported to China via maritime silk route. Opium has played a crucial role in changing the socio-economic landscape of the UK, US and India. Despite being a revenue generating psychotic seed for the Western, and Indian traders, it has further affected the generations negatively over the centuries.Ghosh, as a researcher, has dealt with it from multiple angles. This well-researched document will be immensely beneficial to the researchers of culture studies.

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