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A small village in India is affected by a wave of immigrants from newly formed Pakistan-stunned by the arrival of a train loaded with the bodies of thousands of refugees. All denominations had previously lived in peace in the village. The novel also focuses on the love between a Sikh boy and a Muslim Girl during a time of religious hatred.
A touching, very readable novel about how the bloody Partition of India and Pakistan affected a village of ordinary people caught up in that atmosphere of religious violence and vengeance.
From Wikipedia: Train To Pakistan is a historical novel by Khushwant Singh, published in 1956. It recounts the Partition of India in August 1947.
Instead of depicting the Partition in terms of only the political events surrounding it, Singh digs into a deep local focus, providing a human dimension which brings to the event a sense of reality, horror, and believability.
Instead of depicting the Partition in terms of only the political events surrounding it, Singh digs into a deep local focus, providing a human dimension which brings to the event a sense of reality, horror, and believability.
