Train To Pakistan
Summer 1947 arrives at Mano Majra, a sleepy hamlet straddling the India-Pakistan divide, yet most villagers remain oblivious to the upheaval sweeping the subcontinent. Everything fractures when a local usurer falls dead, and suspicion immediately fastens onto Juggut Singh, the village's rough-edged rogue who harbours an forbidden affection for a girl from the Muslim community. Then a train pulls in, its cargo unbearable: murdered Sikhs. The arrival ignites something primal. What was once a quiet settlement descends into chaos, with the magistrate and constabulary powerless to contain the spreading frenzy. Juggut finds himself at a crossroads, torn between vengeance and redemption, forced to choose whether he'll become part of the bloodshed or its unlikely saviour. First released in 1956, this novel stands as a defining work of Indian literature, capturing the raw human cost of division with unflinching clarity.
- Author: Khushwant Singh
- Publisher: Penguin
- Genre: Classic Literature
- ISBN: 978-0143065883
- Pages: 192 pages