Amitav Ghosh is one of the most important post-colonial, post-modern writers of our times. His works abides interest in exploring the identity of the displaced Indian diaspora. Ghosh has succeeded in chasing the dragon of the 19th-century which was filled with a craze for opium and shows how it turned out a fortune for many adventurers. Ghosh chooses to explore historically the world of opium through Ibis trilogy. He has blended in a world of 19th century filled with war, money and love-making, set across India and China. Readers are transferred into a world full of addicts, hustlers, fighters, widows, and, all related to each other through the world of opium.