Khushwant Singh
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“In the summer of 1947, when the creation of the state of Pakistan was formally announced, ten million people—Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs—were in flight. By the time the monsoon broke, almost a million of them were dead, and all of northern India was in arms, in terror, or in hiding. The only remaining oases of peace were a scatter of little villages lost in the remote reaches of the frontier. One of these villages was Mano Majra.”It is a place, Khushwant Singh goes on to tell us at the beginning of this classic novel, where Sikhs and Muslims have lived together in peace for hundreds of years. Then one day, at the end of the summer, the “ghost train” arrives, a silent, incredible funeral train loaded with the bodies of thousands of refugees, bringing the village its first taste of the horrors of the civil war. Train to Pakistan is the story of this isolated village that is plunged into the abyss of religious hate. It is also the story of a Sikh boy and a Muslim girl whose love endured and transcends the ravages of war.
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| Title | : | Train to Pakistan |
| Author | : | Khushwant Singh |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 192 pages |
| Published | : | February 11th 1994 by Grove Press (first published 1956) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. India. Historical. Historical Fiction. Classics. Asian Literature. Indian Literature |
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Train to Pakistan is simple yet gripping and thought-provoking novel. Even though it is a fictional work, I feel there can be no doubt of stories like this to be a reality. The story is at the time of the partition of India and Pakistan but the book is far from throwing light on political disturbances, instead, it's about social understanding among the people living in a particular place. One of the three main characters, Hukum Chand, an alcoholic is drowned under the guilt of not being useful.Fiction based on India-Pakistan partition.It narrates the refugee problems,the violence & hatred that has been pampered by Hindus,Sikhs & Muslims.By the end of reading you would be moved by the incidents(many are real life based.Being in southern most corner of India,many of us would not have seen or heard or experienced the pains of the partition.With over 10 million being uprooted from their ancestor lands,killings in the name of religion,wives being raped in front of their men,young
There are so many tragic stories surrounding partition, thousands that will never be told because there is no one left to tell them. It was a moment in history that showed what happens to humanity when fear and panic really take hold and its devastating.I'm glad this wasn't written this century, when books and films are so much more visceral and confrontational with their message, written in 1956, .Khushwant Singh takes the Punjabi farming village of Mano Majra, a small village on the border
The book is based during the summer of 1947 while the whole country was shaken with the woes of partition & the riots between the Sikhs and Muslims residing at Manoj Majra, a simple village where peace used to prevail amongst the said communities.The main protagonist, Juggut Singh, was notorious in the whole village as a gangster whose days fleeted between the jail, his humble home & the fields where in the name of work or laze used to secretly meet his love.*This relationship itself is
Fiction based on India-Pakistan partition.It narrates the refugee problems,the violence & hatred that has been pampered by Hindus,Sikhs & Muslims.By the end of reading you would be moved by the incidents(many are real life based.Being in southern most corner of India,many of us would not have seen or heard or experienced the pains of the partition.With over 10 million being uprooted from their ancestor lands,killings in the name of religion,wives being raped in front of their men,young
This novel is both beautiful and heartbreaking. Not only the narration, also the way Khushwant Singh moved the story is impressive. In just 200 pages, he has covered almost all the cultural aspects of the partition. If you have to read one small but comprehensive book on the partition, 'Train to Pakistan' is for you. But if you want a lengthy but equally engrossing novel, you can go for 'This is not That Dawn'.Khushwant Singh is a master of cultural history. In the novel, he gives the intricate
This book completely makes it point, and that to quite loudly.The horrors of partition are depicted such that it will leave you with goosebumps. Nearly 6 decades after independence, and yet so much about the book is still relevant. The common man in both the countries is just a dumb spectator; who's made a fool of by those in power. If think about it, not much have changed. we have been fueled by unnecessary hatred which only cost innocent lives. We need to learn the true meaning of "FREEDOM",
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