BOOK REVIEW -1 :TRAIN TO PAKISTAN BY KHUSHWANT SINGH


Book Name : A Train to Pakistan
Author: Khushwant Singh

This book recounts one of the most horrific episodes of this planet, the partition of India and Pakistan during the year of 1947. As a summary of the situation that time it has been said in the first chapter,
"Muslims said the Hindus had planned and started the killing. According to the Hindus, the Muslims were to blame. The fact is, both sides killed. Both shot and stabbed and speared and clubbed. Both tortured."
Set in the isolated village of Mano Majra in Punjab where once the Muslims and Sikhs co-existed peacefully but now plunged into an abyss of religious and communal hatred due to hate mob swiveling the place. Instead of delving into the depths of the political insights, he tried to focus on the reality, horror and the believable side. In other words, he has tried to hold the situational side of the villages at the borders of India.
This book has been in sheets of controversy for a long time because of it's raw depiction of events. So, it is definitely not a book for those who can't stand extreme violence. Yet it is a wonderfully written book on its own because of it's unconventional use of language. Singh does a really good job overall portraying a a lot of characters,the misunderstandings between them building up to a fairly unusual ending.
This book is a must read for those who are curious about the aftermath of partitions of India.

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