mazum@iitcs.UUCP (Pinaki Mazumder) (04/21/85)
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Excerpts from Mr. Atul Arya's posting on E.M.Foster's "A
Passage to India":
> Mr. M.Friedman @ Bell Comm. Res., Piscataway, NJ writes
> (with reference to "A Passage to India"):
>> I was really sickened by this portrayal of yesterdays India.
>> To this day I still can't figure out how this atrocity
>> recieved so many Academy Awards. The film lasted for a
>> period not exceeding 3 hours. Ten minutes into the film we
>> were ready to leave, but after paying $4.00 a piece we
>> refused to leave the theater, without a full refund...
>> Granted the director got together 100's of the lowlife's
>> from India to shoot the film, just like Ghandi... Big
>> f*uckin deal! My advise is to stay away from Assage to
>> India......
Mr. Freidman and others those who share his views are
requested to read the US News & World Report. It may help to
rectify their mental aberrations and, possibly, will induce
them to book their passage to India this summer.
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The popularity of the movies "Passage to India" and
"Gandhi" and the television series "Jewel in the
Crown" has kindled interest in India, travel agents
report. A two-week trip to the subcontinent, includ-
ing air fare from the U.S., costs about $3,000 per
person, counting meals, lodging and transportation.
On the itinerary are the Taj Mahal and such cities
as Delhi and Jaipur.
US News & World Report
April 22, 1985, pp 54.
Mazumder, P.
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