Chronicler of a blue planet

"big countries, small countries, countries broken in two,

countries the size of handkerchiefs and countries engorged

with other countries, buffer zones jostled by failed states,

island republics sinking by degrees. Even nuclear powers

t

hat started as papaya plots or guano archipelagos."

From The Map Seller, by Ranjit Hoskote

In "Chronicler of a Blue Planet" the amazing Ranjit Hoskote and I talked about Bombay as a hub in the slave trade, leadership, rain trees and so much more. A nature poet, linguist, historian, he captures the tragedy of our short view of our interconnected histories.