The Alqonquin Hotel on Manhattan, New York City, is synonymous with the history of literature. There, one evening in late April, Tempo met with Indian writer Amitav Ghosh, who lives in the city and who was accompanied by his wife Deborah Baker, also a writer. He brought along with him signed copies of a few of his books, including The Hungry Tide and Sea of Poppies, while his essayist wife brought one of hers, The Convert. "Did you know writers us