“Years ago, my mother and I fell in love with Busybee’s voice, its calm, even tone, and a smile which was always… — Amit Chaudhuri Father Copy Share Image
“Fantasists aren't natural readers. They grow restive easily.” — Amit Chaudhuri Books Copy Share Image
“Its (the Left’s) intensity derives from the fact that it’s a family largely composed of, in a manner of speaking, orphans of… — Amit Chaudhuri Books Copy Share Image
“... "shagging" - a quasi-comical activity, like belching or farting, except it was more taboo and more necessary than these.” — Amit Chaudhuri Belching Copy Share Image
“The Roman Catholic portrait at the reception of the Indian YMCA displayed the generic Christ, the timorous, blonde-haired, blue-eyed face upturned to… — Amit Chaudhuri Christ Copy Share Image
“The detective embodies, even more than the romantic drifter, rationality; this intriguing and apparent dichotomy pertains to a significant part of Bengali… — Amit Chaudhuri Adventure Copy Share Image
“Only drunks stare at statues .... I never liked the statues keeping vigil, primarily because they were too close to life.” — Amit Chaudhuri Life Copy Share Image
“Calcutta is like a work of modern art that neither makes sense nor has utility, but exists for some esoteric aesthetic reason.” — Amit Chaudhuri Art Copy Share Image
“The Bengali was the Marwari of the early nineteenth century.” — Amit Chaudhuri Bengali Copy Share Image
“Tinkling sounds came from outside, of hammering and chiselling, as labourers worked like bees, and seven- or eight-storeyed buildings rose in the… — Amit Chaudhuri House Copy Share Image
“Photographers are the new Brahmins: we have no volition when they rule us.” — Amit Chaudhuri Brahmins Copy Share Image
“Class was what formed you, but didn’t travel to other cultures – it became invisible abroad. In foreign places, you were singled… — Amit Chaudhuri Class Copy Share Image
“The armchairs, with their flat, sedentary cushions, were designed for society, but the bed was made for solitude. It had a straitened… — Amit Chaudhuri Armchair Copy Share Image
“At the base of her ankle is a deep, ugly scar she got when a car ran over her foot when she… — Amit Chaudhuri Accident Copy Share Image
“History was what had happened; class was something you read about in a book.” — Amit Chaudhuri Book Copy Share Image
“Water begins to boil in the kettle; it starts as a private, secluded sound, pure as rain, and grows to a steady,… — Amit Chaudhuri Kettle Copy Share Image
“There must be other leaps in life - as momentous as the "mirror stage" - that Lacan didn't mention. Some are universal;… — Amit Chaudhuri Death Copy Share Image
