This book is authored by Khushwant Singh (based in Delhi) who hails from Lahore. It is about the sad chapter of partition. This was first published in 1956. Later a movies was also based on this episode. Author himself was a witness to the orgy of violence which affected the two communities.
Another edition commemorating 50 years of the publication of this book has been launched but this time it contains several pictures from that era…no doubt very disturbing pictures. Most of them are captured by Ms. Margaret Bourke White, American photojournalist/photographer who was covering the tumultous events in Indian subcontinent during that period (1946 onwards).
This book makes a very poignant reading…irrespective of what your faith is, you will cry…wondering why all this all happened and have we learnt any lessons?.
I would suggest all to read this book and see for themselves how common people become victims in the hands of vested interests.
Re: Train to Pakistan - Worth reading and learning a few lessons
^ I saw a movie based on this book when you and your fellows were talking about partition [moin watched partition some indian movie] a month or two back.
This movie is utter propaganda. There never was and is such thing as a BSF in Pakistan and sikhs were no angels. It showed that muslims were 'barbarians' while this sikh guy fought off his own sikhs so muslims wouldn't be butchered [also to do with his affair with a muslim punjaban?].
Re: Train to Pakistan - Worth reading and learning a few lessons
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Seems like Indian propoganda.
They never want to look at both sides of the coin, they've already made their minds up that they're complete angelz and them Mussley are pure evil.
Muslims might have done bad things but Hindus were no angels either, taali donon haathon se bajti hai. Train upon train of Muslim men, women and children were burnt alive by Sikhs and Hindus, and village upon village of Muslims was slaughtered, even their Hindu/Sikh childhood friends joined in sometimes.
It proves partition was a good thing, it showed just how fickle the relationship between the different communities was and how we could never have co-existed in one country.
Re: Train to Pakistan - Worth reading and learning a few lessons
The book is not like the movie. The movie is a typically biased version.
The book is indeed a good read - its more about humanity rather then whose right and whose wrong.
Re: Train to Pakistan - Worth reading and learning a few lessons
The book is not like the movie. The movie is a typically biased version.
The book is indeed a good read - its more about humanity rather then whose right and whose wrong.
Re: Train to Pakistan - Worth reading and learning a few lessons
I don’t know whether free e-book versions are available. But this book is not very expensive. You can get it in Rs. 200-500. But you can read a comprehensive review..check the following link.
Re: Train to Pakistan - Worth reading and learning a few lessons
^ That wasn't the jist of the movie. Btw, how does this khursheeed singh bachcha know what is happening in E. Punjab when he was in lahore?
The sikhs kind of got what they deserved for 1947 in the eighties at the hand of the hindus..
well it were kangresi so called most secular party in india who butchered sikhs in delhi.and it also included the likes of jagdeesh titler(christian) and ansari(muslim),sajjan kumar,HKL BHAGAT et.al. so it cant be entirely blamed on hindus.sorry for correcting u coz u ve been entierly brainwashed to the point of no return.
