For several months during 1912-1913 he traveled India with Syed. After this tour of India Forster spent three wartime years in Alexandria, Egypt doing work for the Red Cross. ... He revisited India in 1921-1922 working as personal secretary to the maharajah. Upon his return to England he wrote A Passage to India which was about his experiences while traveling in that part of the world. ... Unfortunately Forster's fears about A Passage to India being his last novel proved to be true. ...

• Word Count: 825
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Two years later Forster moved to India where he worked as a personal secretary for Mahaharajah of Dewas. This resulted in his novel, A Passage to India. ... His works were once criticized by saying, " he told the same story four times then told it in India," (Epstein, DIS) referring to A Passage to India. ...

• Word Count: 1062
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Mistry was born in India, a member of the Parsi community, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. ... The Parsis and India become metaphors for the human experience in Mistry's fiction. ... Like its predecessor, A Fine Balance treats India both kindly and harshly. ... But why does Mistry depend on India as a metaphor when he has lived in Canada for nearly twenty-five years? ... It's a Canadian book about India. ...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mistry was born in India, a member of the Parsi community, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. ... The Parsis and India become metaphors for the human experience in Mistry's fiction. ... Like its predecessor, A Fine Balance treats India both kindly and harshly. ... But why does Mistry depend on India as a metaphor when he has lived in Canada for nearly twenty-five years? ... It's a Canadian book about India. ...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate