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India calls "Come" through her hundred mouths, through objects ridiculous and august. But What does she want? The ruling class--Anglo-Indians had never truly understood her. Or, did it ever care to ? Even Indians cannot represent India. Then, what is India....  

E.M.福斯特是个绅士，可是像我一样有真知灼见，他说：“大多数印度人，像大多数英国人一样，是狗屎。”你看，可不只我一个人认为人类基本上是个由SB组成的物种。2007年，我好像是在一个火车站里遛遛哒哒，偶尔坐下来卖个呆儿，我看见天下熙熙，全是SB，天下攘攘，一如既...

E.M. Forster 英美文学史上不输于海明威，毛姆，也是一样畅销作家。 他的《印度之行》也被拍成了电影，场面恢弘，角度精妙，是展现印度风情的绝好窗口，个人感觉和《甘地传》同看， 可以对英国统治时期的印度风貌了解较深了。 而这本书至今也还是印度大学里面文学课程的重要篇...  

抄录书中极短的一章。其间的文字有大美。交错的人，事，和物，走笔一处，又荡开去，起伏开合，大波浪里亦有细碎的水花闪烁。 Chapter 10 THE heat had leapt forward in the last hour, the street was deserted as if a catastrophe had cleaned off humanity during the in...  

India calls "Come" through her hundred mouths, through objects ridiculous and august. But What does she want? The ruling class--Anglo-Indians had never truly understood her. Or, did it ever care to ? Even Indians cannot represent India. Then, what is India....