Amidst conflicting loyalties, it is left to Juggut Singh to redeem himself and reclaim peace for his village. When a train arrives, carrying the bodies of dead Sikhs, the village is transformed into a battlefield, and neither the magistrate nor the police are able to stern the rising tide of violence. Then, a local moneylender is murdered, and suspicion falls upon Juggut Singh, the village gangster who is in love with a Muslim girl. But Partition does not mean much to the Sikhs and Muslims of Mano Majra, a village on the border of India and Pakistan. Both shot and stabbed and speared and clubbed. Published: 2009, Penguin India (first published 1956) Book Review #168 – Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh (General Rating – 4 Stars)
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