“Its (the Left’s) intensity derives from the fact that it’s a family largely composed of, in a manner of speaking, orphans of bhadralok history (for we hardly hear of the mothers and fathers of party members), brought together not by… — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
“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… — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
“The city was still … Soon the machinery would start working again, not out of any sense of purpose, but like a watch that is wound daily by someone’s hand. Almost without any choice in the matter, people would embark upon the minute frustrations and satisfactions of their daily lives. It was in this moment of postponement that the azaan… — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share
“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 been prematurely brought into the world, more foetus than car, and whose birth was near abortive and then indefinitely delayed, this car, when it finally took to the road, turned out to have an engine that… — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share
“He has a traditional shopper's DNA, an eye for freshness and appearance, and a consistent sense of a home to go back to.” — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
“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… — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
“Her hair is troublesome and curly ... It falls in long, black strands, but each strand has a gentle, complicated undulation travelling through it,… — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
“When afternoon came to Vidyasagar Road, wet clothes ... hung from a clothesline which stretched from one side to another on the veranda of… — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
“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… — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
“Internationalism’ is a way of reading, and not a demography of readership.” — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
“At the conclusion of Hollywood disaster movies and epics, time moves backward, piecing together like a jigsaw the elements that had come apart. The… — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
“Calcutta has still not recovered from history: people mourn the past, and abhor it deeply.” — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
“Frame after aluminium frame had replaced the casements. The gesture by which you push a window open was now unnecessary. ... It was as… — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
