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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. "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. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. It is also the story of a Sikh boy and a Muslim girl whose love endures and transcends the ravages of war. Train to Pakistan is the story of this isolated village that is plunged into the abyss of religious hate. 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 refuges, bringing the village its first taste of the horrors of the civil war. 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. Santhosh Tarikere Devananda From the Back Cover: describes love,lust,burtality of humans in a simple way. Gud narration, story set in the backdrop of partition of india. but still i remember each and every character of the novel. A must read for all english prose readers. This book is an absolute must read for every single person who cares about Hindu-Muslim harmony. Nobody is going to get up and do a thing for anyone else unless it's for someone they love, unless it's something that comes from the heart. The climax of the novel is the message of the story: action is never political it is only personal. Singh blends satire and compassion with heart felt anger: at the hypocrisy and cowardice of social activists, and at the bureaucracy and corruption that permeates Indian politics. The novel is based on the time when India won independence, and when the partition took place. His language is simple his message is startling. He manages to remain one of the few who refrain from much of the linguistic pomp, glamour, and political pretense that dogs Indian English writers. Khushwant Singh is a daring story-teller. I can still never forget the novel, which is undoubtedly one of my favourite Indian novels in English. Read Train to Pakistan years ago, right back when I was in college. It is cast against a love story between a Sikh and a Muslim girl for whose sake the rustic makes a sacrifice thereby allowing her and the rest of the Muslims on their journey to the Promised Land, Pakistan. The amity and goodwill give place to rancour and so the majority, the Sikhs on knowing the horrors let loose by Muslims in Pakistan on their brethern Sikhs, would like to let out their rages on their fellow villagers- Muslims. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Īn Authentic Version on Partition Manomajra, a tiny villages slumbers without much din of the urbane suddenly comes alive with fanaticism takes hold of the innocent villagers. 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. 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.
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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.
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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.