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Train to Pakistan is a historical novel by writer Khushwant Singh, published in 1956. It recounts the Partition of India in August 1947 through the perspective of Mano Majra, a fictional border village.
A train from Pakistan arrives one morning, but no one gets off. It is a ghost train, it seems. Officers then ask the villagers for all of the wood and kerosene they can spare in exchange for money, and they oblige.
Those on the wrong side of the Radcliffe line paid the price as rioters abducted, tortured, raped, killed and looted. Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan is a novel set in a fictional town Mano Majra where Muslims and Sikhs coexisted in peace, unaware of India's independence or partition.
A concise biography of Khushwant Singh plus historical and literary context for Train to Pakistan.
Sep 7, 2022 · Train to Pakistan Bookreader Item Preview ... Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh, 1915-2014.
Oct 14, 2011 · Everything can be visualized as if its happening right in front of our eyes! A must read for all history lovers! Reviewer: Shibani Banerjee - - June 6, 2017. Subject: Speechless... Every word, every sentence has a meaning in this book. You can't skip and read, everything will come back to you.
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...
