The latter were the tenants of the former. The family of Ram Lal was the only hindu family in Mano Majra. This was the life which they were living nonchalantly.Īlthough, the village of Mano Majra was close to the border with Pakistan but this small hamlet was remained untouched from the riots of 1947 until the murder of the hindu moneylender, Ram Lal.

Men went to their fields to work, children play along the small lanes of the village, women have to take care of their homes. They’ve to follow the same daily routine which they were doing for uncountable number of years. Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims were living their lives peacefully as their forefathers did for thousands of years.Īlthough, they were aware that the angreji (English) sarkar was no more and the government of Mahatma Gandhi and his disciple Jawaharlal Nehru took over the reins of Hindustan.īut, for them nothing has changed. The same we can say about the village of Mano Majra and its inhabitants. “The soul of India lives in its villages.” Mano Majra-Īs Mahatma Gandhi said several decades ago, It’s a story of a nondescript village on the border of India and Pakistan by the name of Mano Majra. Train to Pakistan is a modern classic fiction written by Sardar Khushwant Singh. So, let’s go and see what the train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh tells us about the madness of 1947.

The same mindset which created the havoc in 1947 is still present in this 21st century. The cocktail of ignorance and religious fundamentalism which was given to people in the year 1947 showed that how low a human can go in the name of religion which in reality they never understand what it means and signifies.Īlthough, both India and Pakistan have seen little bit of development but when it comes to religion nothing has changed. This partition opened a Pandora’s box in 1947, whose repercussions can be felt even today. In fact, The first nation which was formed on the basis of religion is Pakistan. India was partitioned in August 1947 and because of this division a newly country by the name of Pakistan was born. Train to Pakistan by Sardar Khushwant Singh.

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