Later, while he was drinking tea at the table in his bedroom with three young subalterns from Captainganj a succession of musket balls came through the winder, attracted by the oil-lamp . . . one, two, three and then a fourth, one after another. The officers dived smartly under the table, leaving th...
Forster’s 1924 classic, A Passage to India, is a bitingly caustic look at race relations in British India. Anyone with any knowledge of the British Empire will know that the average British attitude towards any indigenous person in the colonies was a blend of condescension, racism, and paternalism. ...
What a beautiful piece about the sad limitation of humanity when bridging cultures. It's uncomfortable, poignant, lovely, and human. I don't know how much more I can say, since there is actually little plot to the work itself, the pages being driven by description, be it of places, of people and t...
I happened to pick up this book when I went to New Delhi for work. I didn't know about Indian mythology at all, because in Europe we read only Greek Mythology at school, but what I've always like about India is that in this country, the animals seem to have equal rights as Man. So, when I picked up ...
This is one of those really entertaining but makes you want to smack someone. But at least the gods in this version agree with me. It is nice to know that the Bible isn’t the only work that screws women over. The amount of time that men in this epic, who keep telling you they are powerful dudes, b...
SPOILERSSo well done. I was so deeply invested in all the story people, especially Dr. Aziz, that when he finds himself in great trouble (at end of Part One), I could not continue reading. I even went to Wikipedia to read the synopsis to make sure he survived, but I still couldn't make myself go on ...
Set during the years that England ruled India, A Passage to India explores the tensions created when different religious and ethnic groups share a country.For the most part, I was extremely bored with this book. The social conflicts between the British and the Indians were interesting for a little w...
I loved this, possibly (but just possibly) more than Troubles. I don't know! They are different and yet similar, which is a completely unhelpful thing to say, especially if you haven't read Troubles. But they both have eccentric British people in increasingly desperate and perilous situations under ...
I locked myself up in my room to read this today, not because I was particularly eager to, but rather because I had to. Yup, summer reading is a bitch. Surprisingly, I really enjoyed this one. It was startlingly readable and quick, keeping my attention easily. One of my few drawbacks to it, however,...
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