Train to Pakistan
Khushwant Singh wrote 'Train to Pakistan' in 1956 when the painful memories of 1947 Partition were still fresh and the wounds hadn't yet healed. For this reason, the book reflects the true emotions that people felt when they were forced to abandon their homes in both India and Pakistan to move north or south according to their religious beliefs. It is true that the main reason behind the partition was religion, which had, for many centuries, remained a contentious social issue. While it would be unfair to say that Muslims and Hindus had never been good friends but the fact remains that their friendship, their neighborly love was all marked by ethnic tension that had reached new heights when British came to India.
Prior to that, however, Muslims and Hindus were more or less content with their lives and co-inhabited the same land harmoniously. This was probably because of the fact that Muslims had been truly just rulers and most of them were sensible enough to allow everyone to follow their religion freely. But Hindus had always been in majority so they felt that ideally they should have been ruling India and not Muslims.
With British invasion around 18th century, Muslims were no longer the masters and that's when they became aware of their weaker social status in the country. Hindus on the other hand...
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