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Mau
“A Passage to India†is a remarkable literary work of Edward Morgan Forster where he has portrayed culture as one of the central themes in this novel. He has focused two important aspects of this novel by describing the independent Hindu state Mau. Firstly, Forster has symbolically represented the muddle conditions of India as well as the characteristics of Indian people through the description of the Mau “its pillars and vaulting could scarcely be seen behind coloured ragsâ€, “chandeliers of opaque pink glass, and murky photographs framed crookedlyâ€. Secondly, he has exposed the muddle of religion. We find that the religious festival, on the occasion of Krishna’s birth at Mau, is disorderly represented. “God is love†is written as “God si love†which shows the ultimate failure of the fundamental philosophy of Hinduism of the oneness in all living things.
Finally, as a modern writer, E.M Forster has symbolically represented the cultural theme through the aesthetic description of the Indian architectures (Masque, Cave and Temple).
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Razon Mahmood
I.D No: 072-10-355 (11th Batch)
Department of English
Daffodil International University