“Here, There and Everywhere” – Short Stories You Need To Read! 'Train to Pakistan tells us how people with no power suffer in silence.' Click To Tweet Both shot and stabbed and speared and clubbed. According to the Hindus, the Muslims were to blame. “Muslims said the Hindus had planned and started the killing. Amidst all this, we also have an affair of the hearts, which may or may not bloom in this soil starting to cover with blood. However, trouble in paradise arises when the village witnesses a murder and subsequently notice a lot of Sikh’s refugee entering their town to seek asylum. “Train to Pakistan” is set in one such village called “Mano Majra.” A quaint little town where the Hindus, the Sikhs, and the Muslims have been co-existing in peace and harmony for ages. The only remaining oases of peace were a scatter of little villages lost in the remote reaches of the frontier. When the formation of the new state “Pakistan” was officially announced, hundreds of thousands of people – were on the move. Recently, I stumbled upon Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh, and what a reading experience it was! This book paints a depressing yet incisive picture of the partition and its aftermath. But how many of us are aware of the gruesome details? The monstrous mass slaughter? All the gut-wrenching things which transpired when the biggest migration in history took place?! Train to Pakistan (Review) If you ever paid attention during History and Civics lectures, you’ll be able to recall some of the movements that lead to our gargantuan victory. In 1947, after 90 years of relentless struggle, India finally managed to break free of the shackles of British Raj.

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