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"Im undecided about the time we live in. This ongoing passage to oblivion. The disappearance of things you took for granted. Then theres the renaissance of things you never knew of, or presumed youd never see again."
"I ... take a selfie with him; two, to be safe. My lips are parted, as if Im poking a dead thing to see if itll come to life; its the phone Im attempting to keep at a distance. Hes smiling faintly, as if amuse by some exotic piece of wildlife."

Amit Chaudhuri is a novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, singer, and music composer from India. He is currently a professor of creative writing at Ashoka University.
"Im undecided about the time we live in. This ongoing passage to oblivion. The disappearance of things you took for granted. Then theres the renaissance of things you never knew of, or presumed youd never see again."
"I lie back. Theyve "refurbished" the room. I loathe the word, its blunt sound (as if someone with a cold were trying to say "furnished"), and dont say it without irony."
"The eye covers distances in a second. It lusts for freedom. Looking out, I often wanted to be free - not of home, but of the city. The eye (if its gazing upon something its unhappy with, as I was) might see nothing. Looking up is different. I have the freedom I then wanted."
"He has a traditional shoppers DNA, an eye for freshness and appearance, and a consistent sense of a home to go back to."
"History is always lying before you, unnoticed: till you suddenly see it, as we do now."
"Its a well-known fact that no novel is taken seriously in India until a good deal of research has gone into it. This stay in the Taj will be my research. Going down the stairs will be research. So will looking out at the sea."