Apheem-Sagar (Hindi)

Hindi transliterated in EnglishAmitav Ghosh ki upanyaas -triya mein pahla upanyaas Sea Of Poppies itni jeevant gahan avem maanvey sanvednaon se bharpoor hai ki yeh unke ek mahan kathakar hone ki pushti karta hai. Iss mahagatha ke kenrda mein ek vishal jaahaz Ibis hai.jiski niyati Hind Mahasagar se Mauritius dweep ki uthal-puthal bhari yatra hai.iske yatri hai navik bhagode mazdur aur kaidi. 19th sadi ke madhye ke aupniveshik kaal mein bhartiye aur paschimi mool ke vibhin shetron ke logon ko niyati ek saath la khada karti haijinme ek kangaal raja se lekar gaon ki vidhva hai to gulami se mukt hue mulato America se lekar ek swachand yuropiye anath ladki bhi hai. Hoogli se nikalkar jab vo samundar par pahunchte hai aur vo ek-dusre ko jahaz-bhai ki tarah dekhne lagte hain jinhe ek sudoor dweep mein nayi zindagi ki shuruvat karni hai.yeh shuruvat hai ek bilkul anokhe vansh ki.Book description of Sea of Poppies in EnglishAt the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship the Ibis. Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean; its purpose to fight China’s vicious nineteenth-century Opium Wars. As for the crew they are a motley array of sailors and stowaways coolies and convicts.In a time of colonial upheaval fate has thrown together a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners from a bankrupt raja to a widowed tribeswoman from a mulatto American freedman to a freespirited French orphan. As their old family ties are washed away they like their historical counterparts come to view themselves as jahaj-bhais or ship-brothers. An unlikely dynasty is born which will span continents races and generations.The vast sweep of this historical adventure spans the lush poppy fields of the Ganges the rolling high seas the exotic backstreets of Canton. But it is the panorama of characters whose diaspora encapsulates the vexed colonial history of the East itself that makes Sea of Poppies so breathtakingly alive—a masterpiece from one of the world’s finest novelists.