![]() ![]() The streets are mean, the temples ineffective, and though a few fine houses exist they are hidden away in gardens or down alleys whose filth deters all but the invited guests. Chandrapore is a prototypical Indian town. The only extraordinary thing of Chandrapore are the Maraber caves who are twenty miles off the city. The Ganges is of great importance for the city but its not considered to be holy. Chandrapore has its own bazaars, railway station and hospital. What has been remained from that period are the houses that characterize the small city. Two centuries ago the city lay beside an important road between Upper India and the sea. The story is set in Chandrapore, an imaginary city near the river Ganges. Motives: colonisation, relationships, crime and suppression. His belief that the Indians and English can’t be living in peace together during the occupation is strengthen. His innocence gets proven but the scars run deep. When Aziz gets accused of a crime things change. As the story continues Aziz seems to change his opinion, friendships are made and Aziz starts to appreciate the English more. The book starts with Dr Aziz, an Indian, who doesn’t believe that the English can be of any good to his people. I hoped that this book, even though I’m physically not there, will give me a glance at India.Ī passage to India describes the colonisation of India and the effect that those two clashing cultures have. I’ve never been in India but I would love to go there one day. ![]() It was the title of this book that drew my attention. ![]()
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