Bengali Quote by Amit Chaudhuri Download Open image ““The Bengali was the Marwari of the early nineteenth century.”” — Amit Chaudhuri ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bengali Bengali Marwari Early Nineteenth Marwari Early Nineteenth century
“my grandfather was an ordinary British citizen in the time of British Raj. He used to have Bengali friends from whom I learnt Bengali”.” — Fahmid Hassan Prohor Copy Share Image
“A little smile on your face, because you’d just untangled a new translation.” He cleared his throat. “Like this one. Tumi amar jeeboner dhruvotara.”… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
The only thing redeeming about my being born a Bengali is being brought up reading Rabindranath and Saratchandra. Other than that, the stagnancy of… — Sayani Gupta Copy Share Image
“The British ruled nineteenth-century India with unshakeable self-confidence, buttressed by protocol, alcohol and a lot of gall.” — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
“What Raja Ram Mohun Roy began as a reform movment early in the 19th century Devendranath Tagore made into a religion. It transformed the… — V.S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
Bengalis love to celebrate their language, their culture, their politics, their fierce attachment to a city that has been famously dying for more than… — Bharati Mukherjee Copy Share Image
“the Bengali intellectual and author of the bestselling Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (1951), with its cringe-worthy dedication to the British empire in India: To” — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
“History of India From Ancient Times to the 20th Century by William W. Hunter” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Most Indians' deliberate, cultivated, amoral innocence about what is happening there, what is being done in their name, becomes hard to bear.” — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Culturally, I remember listening to Salil Chowdhury's music for Malayalam films. Many Bengali actors have worked in our films, too. — Mammootty Copy Share Image
West Bengal belongs to Bengalis. We should live here like a king and not as servants. — Mithun Chakraborty 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… — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
“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… — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
“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
What I like about Calcutta is the food. I like simple Bengali food like dal, shukto, fish, and mutton. — Barun Sobti Copy Share Image
Although several actors have worked in films down South, I feel unsure of whether I will be able to emote and act as exuberantly… — Konkona Sen Sharma Copy Share Image
I respect Malayalam films the same way I respect Bengali films. I think Malayalam films have not compromised on the essence and have kept… — Prosenjit Chatterjee Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go today, people talk about Bengali cinema. I completely refuse to accept that Bengali filmmakers are not making good films. — Prosenjit Chatterjee Copy Share Image
In fact, the Bengali film industry is becoming more balanced between creativity and commercialization. And if Bollywood can remake south Indian and Hollywood films,… — Rituparna Sengupta Copy Share Image
I am songwriter. I do compose the music of songs that I write in Bengali. But I've never thought of composing for a film.… — Arijit Singh Copy Share Image
I have been offered several Bengali films. Due to destiny and good luck, 'Noukadubi' will be my first. — Riya Sen Copy Share Image
I am overwhelmed by the reaction to my songs. At Mitra, people went crazy dancing to Paglu's songs. Naveena, which hardly ever screens a… — Jeet Gannguli Copy Share Image
How can BJP be anti-Bangla when BJP founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee himself was a Bengali? — Amit Shah Copy Share Image
Culturally, I remember listening to Salil Chowdhury's music for Malayalam films. Many Bengali actors have worked in our films, too. — Mammootty Copy Share Image
I am a Bengali. My mother is from Mangalore so it's a mix of both cultures at home. — Rhea Chakraborty Copy Share Image
