rosie iqbal has been a journalist with bbc news for more than 30 years, most as the main anchor for news hour, which has millions of listeners on npr. she recently left the bbc take up full time role at the school, public and international affairs. princeton university, where she is the john l.y. coleman sachs visiting professor and. we are honored to have both them here. so now silence your phones and please join me in welcoming amitav ghosh. it was the jetlag. all right. oh, that's very bright light over there. but. well, it's wonderful to be here. thank you all for coming. the asia society has been a great part of my life. i've done many events here in. fact, you know, the journey to this book began with my my novel sea poppies, which was launched here by the late great jonathan spence. and that was a really memorable moment in my life. but thank you very much, rachel, for this possible and for having me back and thank you for that very generous introduction. and thank you, darcy. she's a very old friend. we go back a long way and yeah, i did my first event for you back in 95, and tha