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The experiences of Forster in The Hill of Devi lend a window in his mind and thought which developed into A Passage to India. But what we endeavour to find here is the insights behind these thoughts which ultimately became the plot and character of his novel. We observe that he fictionalises the facts to a certain extent to feed the stereotypes to suit his. Such convergence and diversion would be studied in the following article. Also the application of postcolonial theory retrospectively produces nuanced approaches. We analyse a text keeping mind the context of the text, its history, geography and the system of knowledge of which it is a part. Such systems of knowledge have vehemently been challenged but gained momentum through Edward Said’s Orientalism. This paper tries to delve into the fact and fiction of E M Forster and record observation through the postcolonial lens.
Shah Mohd Abdullah. “The Hill of Devi in light of A Passage to India: retrospective postcoloniality.” The Criterion: An International Journal in English, vol. 17, no. 2, Apr. 2026, pp. 57–70. DOI, https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n2.4.
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