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A passage to India
From: The Press
Date: 20060304
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On the 13-hour flight from Washington to Delhi, George W. Bush could do a lot worse than to put aside his briefing books and curl up instead with E. M. Forster's best- known novel. A Passage to India is a tale, above all, of misunderstanding: of wrong signals, exaggerated expectations, offence unwittingly caused and taken, and inevitable disappointment. It is a parable of the complications that arise when eager Anglo-Saxons go travelling on the Indian subcontinent.
A degree of wide-eyed enthusiasm on Bush's part is forgivable. India is a rich and exotic prize. Its booming hi-tech service ...
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