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Amit Chaudhuri on History

born 1962 India

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‘Calcutta has still not recovered from history: people mourn the past, and abhor it deeply.’

Calcutta: Two Years in The City (2013)

History is always lying before you, unnoticed: till you suddenly see it, as we do now.

Friend of My Youth (2017)

Each view has a history. You sense you're where others have been.

Friend of My Youth (2017)

History was what had happened; class was something you read about in a book.

Odysseus Abroad (2014)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Amit Chaudhuri (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.