Sounds good, but where can I obtain a copy?
Andrew
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From: Lal Manavado
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 7:47 PM
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Subject: [calibrebooks] Re: my verdict on A Passage to India
Hello!
I would like to recommend the inimitable Eric Newby's "Slowly down the
Ganges."
It's just marvellous! It is factual, but reminds one of Gulliver's Travels,
at least in part.
Cheers!
Lal.
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[mailto:calibrebooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adrien Collins
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 3:35 PM
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Subject: [calibrebooks] Re: my verdict on A Passage to India
Hi
I read passage to India a long time ago, yes it was worth reading, I think
it is important to read these classics, they teach us a lot, glad you
enjoyed it.
Regards
Adrien
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[mailto:calibrebooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Lovick
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 12:09 PM
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Subject: [calibrebooks] my verdict on A Passge to India
Calibre number 9500
I have now finished this book. It was well worth reading.
Written in the 1930s, it is about the British in India, and how they and the
Indians react to each other, and how they behave.
The British Raj does not come out of it very well! The one or two folk who
try to treat the Indians as equals are despised my most people on both
sides. What the book clearly shows is that all people need to understand
racial differences in temperament, culture and understanding. Most of the
characters, both British and Indian, fall down badly as they judge others by
their own standards and do not recognise the differences in culture.
This is in places a deeply uncomfortable book, and also a prophetic one. It
was written before WW2 and Indian independence. But well worth reading.
Liz
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