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There were amazing facilities to study, unimaginable in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anurag-mathur/and-yet-here-there-was-tranquility-efficiency-a-certain-new-world/) [Anurag Mathur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anurag-mathur/) > [“In India you clawed your way through the day, through dirt and glamour and people who seemed to strip the skin off your bones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anurag-mathur/in-india-you-clawed-your-way-through-the-day-through-dirt-and-glamour/) [Anurag Mathur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anurag-mathur/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/leave-forever/anurag-mathur/#itemlist", "name": "1 Leave Forever Quotes By Anurag Mathur", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Could he leave all that? Could he ever really leave India? 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