# Quote — Amit Chaudhuri, The Immortals

> ‘Gulp by gulp, in the air-conditioned study, he swallowed civilisation.’

- Author: [Amit Chaudhuri](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amit-chaudhuri.md)
- Book: [The Immortals](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amit-chaudhuri/the-immortals.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/amit-chaudhuri/the-immortals/gulp-by-gulp

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> ‘The car horns created an anxious music, discordant but not indifferent.’

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> ‘... a severe woman with a patient but unprevaricating gaze, who turned out to be Indira Gandhi.’

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