so phones and please join me in welcoming amitav ghosh. jetlag. all right. oh, that's very bright light over there. but. well, it's wonderful to 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 ry 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 thank eurazeo for agreeing to do this razia again has been friend since 2008. of course, i used to hear her voice on news hour every morning when bbc could still be trusted trusted and so. and then i actually her in 2008 when she did a little program on my on the sea of poppies that i remember wandering around the eastern the docks with a. so it's wonderful to have her in the city, really, in addition t