PANAJI
Journalist and playwright Thomas Manuel will be discussing his book ‘Opium Inc.’ - the story of the world’s biggest drug deal, on August 21 at 12 noon to 1 pm at International Centre Goa’s ‘Kitaab’ session. To listen to the session one can register at http://bit.ly/3fWKp22. Thomas currently works at India Ink, a public history project where he makes videos about how the past continues to affect us today.
Thomas’ book speaks about the opium trade in the nineteenth century when the British East India Company operated a triangle of trade that straddled the globe, running from India to China to Britain. From China to Britain, they took tea. From Britain to India, they brought an empire. It was a machine that consumed cheap Indian land and labour and spat out money.
