Novelist AMITAV GHOSH. (AHM-eh-TAUV GOSH) He was born in Calcutta and studied in India, Britian, and Egypt. He has a new novel, "In An Antique Land," (Knopf) which tells the story of two Indians in Egypt: a 12th century slave who GHOSH had read about, and GHOSH's own trip to Egypt to find out about the slave's life. GHOSH will also talk with Terry about the violence in India between Muslims and Hindus.
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