A man out of time – E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India at 100 and the legacies of colonialism
- Written by Mridula Nath Chakraborty, Senior Lecturer, Literary and Cultural Studies, Monash University
Mahatma Gandhi and E.M Forster.Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Background Image: Barabar Caves, AnilD/ShutterstockI was aware of David Lean’s cinematic adaptation of A Passage to India (1984) before I encountered E.M. Forster’s original novel, which celebrated its centenary in 2024. While the film was being shot on location, I...





