Train to Pakistan (Hardcover)

from TimBazzett

TRAIN TO PAKISTAN, by Khushwant Singh, first published in 1956, is something of a classic in India, but I ran across it quite by accident. I'm glad I did, as it offers a quick and surprisingly entertaining - and educational - glimpse of the bloody civil war that erupted between the Hindus, Sikhs ...

from arubabookwoman

In 1947, with the end of the British Raj, the Indian sub-continent was split into two countries, Pakistan and India. By the summer of 1947, ten million people, Muslim, Hindu and Sikh, were in flight. Almost one million were killed. Train to Pakistan is a fictional account of a small town on the b...

from ebethe

Really good short novel about the time around partition, and how long time friends can get on different sides.

from DeltaQueen50

Train To Pakistan by Khushwant Singh is set in 1947, a turbulent time in India as the British Raj ends, and the Partition of Pakistan from India takes place. Although inequality was a way of life in India with their caste system and the various religions, the violence that came about as Muslims w...

from pamelad

Partition resulted in ten million people leaving their homes. A million of them died. In the village of Mano Majra, Sikhs and Muslims have lived together peaceably for hundreds of years. The liveliest place in the village is the railway station, on the line between Delhi and Lahore. People time t...