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An illustration from ‘Jungle Nama’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Ecological concerns echo from ‘Jungle Nama’, Amitav Ghosh’s verse adaptation of the medieval Bengali tale about the forest goddess, Bon Bibi While researching for his 2016 book, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable, Amitav Ghosh paid close attention to the way premodern texts are written and designed, specifically how they engage with the natural world. Among other things, the book elaborates upon two points: medieval texts across language and region have a wide-ranging engagement with nature, and a great many of them have a strong visual component to them. The illustrations aren’t static accessories; they are essential to the ‘grammar’ of these texts. ....
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Song of the forest Reigning deity: Shrines for Bon Bibi continue to crop up in different parts of West Bengal - WIKIPEDIA Reigning deity: Shrines for Bon Bibi continue to crop up in different parts of West Bengal - WIKIPEDIA× Amitav Ghosh adapts a legendary tale into a prescient warning in verse for the modern world The legend of Bon Bibi is deeply etched into the consciousness of the people of the Sundarban region Using a meter similar to the one in which the original legend was told the dwipodi-poyar Ghosh recreates the story in his own inimitable way Ghosh has talked ever so forcefully about the need of the creative arts to engage with the climate crisis ....