As an 'orientalist' Pakistani, I found this story very touching and relevant even after a hundred years or so. Can the East and West be friends? They are two huge tribes well different from each other with their own distinctive features,attributes, tastes and sounds from which time to time some renegade members try and associate with each other across the two tribes raising sparks every time. I also agree with Forster in his assessment that it is the women who are indeed capable of building long lasting bridges across the two very disparate tribes. The best way to really integrate is to marry into the other tribe, as it might help form last friendships. Also friendship or the desire for true friendship is a most noble aspiration, whether its within or across ones own tribe which Forster has very gallantly presented in this classic story. I wish I could give 10 stars out of 5. Forster has exhibited great skill in capturing the narrative of the AngloIndians as well as the Indians of that era, in a manner which no one else has done so far.
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