TRAIN TO PAKISTAN : KHUSHWANT SINGH

" The fact is both the sides killed. Both shot and stabbed and speared and clubbed. Both tortured . Both raped."

― Kushwant Singh 

The end of the British colonial era saw the most dramatic and devastating partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. This unfortunate event is recounted by Khushwant Singh an Indian journalist , diplomat and politician who has pen down his own personal experience of pain and sorrow through this historic novel Train To Pakistan through the perspective of Juggut Singh ( a village gangster).

The novel is based on the village of Mano Majra , on the borders of India and Pakistan , where Sikhs and Muslims live together peacefully where partition seems a political foul play . They don't pay much heed to it and carry on to their  daily routine. 

But slowly , the situation tenses when a train full of dead Sikh bodies passes through the village. 

The tables have turned , there's unrest , suspicions and conflicting loyalties much to the aghast of the magistrate and police officer who find themselves helpless in this situation . This book is a must read to get a glimpse of the partition whose effect is still lingering in the hearts of people.