Probably one of the best works of fiction by Khushwant Singh and the Indo-Pak partition saga. Train to Pakistan is a classic story of human endurance and struggle through a mass movement. Freedom got us our own government, our own flag, our own anthem, our own country, but for a commoner he lost his own house, his own people, his own identity. The story is as simple and common as possible – a small peaceful village, regular corrupt officials, ordinary ruffians and holy men. The partition wave hits them like a hurricane and scatters them all over – some kill, some die, some run, some give up, some watch, some plot, some fight. Isn’t any tragedy just a multiplication of all our personal tragedies and any good deed just an individual motive.
