Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh

"Train to Pakistan" by Khushwant Singh is a historical novel that recounts the Partition of India in August 1947 through the perspective of Mano Majra, a fictional border village, highlighting the human dimension of the event and the horrors that accompanied it ¹. The story explores the complex relationships between Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims in the village, and how the politics of the time led to violence, displacement, and tragedy ².