Maitreyi Devi, Eliade, polemics

I have read several responses to these two books, Eliade's "Bengali Nights" and Maitreyi's "It does not die" and i would like to stress certain facts.
While apparently when Maitreyi's books first came on the market, scholars tended to see in it a poor literary work, now the tendencies (fueled by Indian contributors) seem to go the other way around.
Indians seem to be shoked by Eliade's account of his and Maitreyi's love story, by the fact that he has chosen to write things that were not real while pretending to be writing a "semi-autobiography". This, as you probably know, has greatly shocked Maitreyi herself whose reputation was at stake in their conservative society, even though i suspect that what shocked her the most was that he needed to lie about what they had, as if love without consumption was not good enough. (and it probably wasn't for eliade while it lasted for Maitreyi). This was also the reason why she chose to write her side of the story in order to right the wrongs done to her. In doing so, she has gained the love of her fellow compatriotes, and ours as well but not for the same reasons. Apparently, "Bengali Night" is considered by Indians a sort of "Pulp Fiction", a colonialist's point of view (!!), something that has nothing to do with them and their sensibility. This last bit may prefectly be true.
But:
The novel was destined to a Western audience.
It actually depicts the Westerner's clumsy attitude in a completely different environment and not a critique of this last one.
The love story depicted in it is probably one of the most beautiful ever written. (For Western sensibility anyway)

Grant you HER novel is a lot better and touching than his:) I prefer it. Her litterary skills greatly surpass those of Eliade. Nevertheless, his novel has its worth, and should not be sunk into mud because of cultural taboos. Anyone cand understand the problems it mut have caused for Maitreyi in her conservative society, and the need to reinstore her honour by writing her side of the story. But in our eyes she is just as honorable and lovely even without us having to know that she actually "didn't do anything".