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One Night @ the Call Center

One Night @ the Call Center

One Night @ the Call Center is a novel written by Chetan Bhagat and first published in 2005. The novel revolves around a group of six call center employees working at the Connexions call center in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. It takes place during one night, during which all of the leading characters confront some aspect of themselves or their lives they would like to change. The story uses a literal deus ex machina, when the characters receive a phone call from God.


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“One thing guys know is when to shut up.”

Source: One Night @ the Call Center (2005), P. 68

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“Sometimes counting seconds is a great way to kill time through a woman's tantrums.”

Source: One Night @ the Call Center (2005), P. 37

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“We were talking a lot, but we weren't communicating at all.”

Source: One Night @ the Call Center (2005), P. 145

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“Girls handbags have enough to make a survival kit for Antarctica.”

Source: One Night @ the Call Center (2005), P. 82

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Chetan Bhagat photo
Chetan Bhagat photo

“I suspect he was never young, was just born straight forty years old.”

Source: One Night @ the Call Center (2005), P. 31

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Chetan Bhagat photo

“But that is what life is like, uncertain, screwed at times but still fun.”

Source: One Night @ the Call Center (2005), P. 283

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“Only women think there is a reason to thank people if they listen to them.”

Source: One Night @ the Call Center (2005), P. 158

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“As I said sir, no one is perfect. Apart from Google of course.”

Source: One Night @ the Call Center (2005), P. 264

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“Esha's modelling is also beyond me as no one is ever going to pay me for my looks.”

Source: One Night @ the Call Center (2005), P. 27

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“I may not be a great surgeon, but the one little heart I have, I have given to you.”

Source: One Night @ the Call Center (2005), P. 92

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Chetan Bhagat photo

“Crap happens in life. It could happen tonight.”

Source: One Night @ the Call Center (2005), P. 74

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“That was reality and as is often the case, reality sucks.”

Source: One Night @ the Call Center (2005), P. 168

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Chetan Bhagat photo

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