A Passage to India - How Does Forster Show the Racial Tension Between the Indians and the British?

... How Does Forster Show the Racial Tension Between the Indians and the British? If we look closely at the words racial and tension, we can see that it is a difficult feeling or nervousness of fear or anger, between two groups of people who do not trust each other. Therefore it can now be closely analysed exactly what is being asked, as within A Passage to India there are several ways in which this subject is addressed. It can be shown from the way the British have been racist in the way that they have intruded upon India. This significantly corrupted the Indians style of life and conclusively caused the racial tension which I am investigating. Most fluidly racial tension can be identified from the snide comments which are repeatedly made by the British "You're superior...Aryan Brother". These racist comments made by the British show extreme hatred for the Indian culture, as

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