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title: "3 Bengali Quotes By Amit Chaudhuri"
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> [“The intention (of the puja pandals) is not so much to entertain as to disorient and astonish; to tap into the Bengali’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/the-intention-of-the-puja-pandals-is-not-so-much-to-entertain-as-to/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

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> [“The detective embodies, even more than the romantic drifter, rationality; this intriguing and apparent dichotomy pertains to a significant part of Bengali…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/the-detective-embodies-even-more-than-the-romantic-drifter/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

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> [“The Bengali was the Marwari of the early nineteenth century.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/the-bengali-was-the-marwari-of-the-early-nineteenth-century/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e0/amit-chaudhuri-15700_bengali_the-bengali-was-the-marwari-of-the-early_2801930.jpg)

## Other authors on Bengali

## More by Amit Chaudhuri

> [“The intention (of the puja pandals) is not so much to entertain as to disorient and astonish; to tap into the Bengali’s appetite for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/the-intention-of-the-puja-pandals-is-not-so-much-to-entertain-as-to/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

> [“The city was still … Soon the machinery would start working again, not out of any sense of purpose, but like a watch that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/the-city-was-still-soon-the-machinery-would-start-working-again-not/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

> [“the world’s cheapest small car, Tata’s Nano, worth only $1500. This toy-like ill-fated vehicle, whose destiny it was to look as if it had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/the-world-s-cheapest-small-car-tata-s-nano-worth-only-1500-this-toy/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

> [“He has a traditional shopper's DNA, an eye for freshness and appearance, and a consistent sense of a home to go back to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/he-has-a-traditional-shopper-s-dna-an-eye-for-freshness-and/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

> [“On the big bed, Mamima and Sandeep’s mother began to dream, sprawled in vivid crab-like postures. His aunt lay on her stomach, her arms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/on-the-big-bed-mamima-and-sandeep-s-mother-began-to-dream-sprawled-in/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

> [“Her hair is troublesome and curly ... It falls in long, black strands, but each strand has a gentle, complicated undulation travelling through it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/her-hair-is-troublesome-and-curly-it-falls-in-long-black-strands-but/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

> [“When afternoon came to Vidyasagar Road, wet clothes ... hung from a clothesline which stretched from one side to another on the veranda of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/when-afternoon-came-to-vidyasagar-road-wet-clothes-hung-from-a/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

> [“Tagore claims that the first time he experienced the thrill of poetry was when he encountered the children’s rhyme ‘Jal pare/pata nare’ (‘Rain falls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/tagore-claims-that-the-first-time-he-experienced-the-thrill-of-poetry/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

> [“Internationalism’ is a way of reading, and not a demography of readership.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/internationalism-is-a-way-of-reading-and-not-a-demography-of/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

> [“At the conclusion of Hollywood disaster movies and epics, time moves backward, piecing together like a jigsaw the elements that had come apart. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/at-the-conclusion-of-hollywood-disaster-movies-and-epics-time-moves/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

> [“Calcutta has still not recovered from history: people mourn the past, and abhor it deeply.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/calcutta-has-still-not-recovered-from-history-people-mourn-the-past/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

> [“Frame after aluminium frame had replaced the casements. The gesture by which you push a window open was now unnecessary. ... It was as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/frame-after-aluminium-frame-had-replaced-the-casements-the-gesture-by/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

> [“the most dreamless and introspective time of day, a sort of midnight of the daytime”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/the-most-dreamless-and-introspective-time-of-day-a-sort-of-midnight/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

> [“The grown-ups snapped the chillies (each made a sound terse as a satirical retort), and scattered the tiny, deadly seeds in their food.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/the-grown-ups-snapped-the-chillies-each-made-a-sound-terse-as-a/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

> [“So they went out for a walk. They went through narrow, lightless lanes, where houses that were silent but gave out smells of fish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/so-they-went-out-for-a-walk-they-went-through-narrow-lightless-lanes/)

[Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/)

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