LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 5 May 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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Historical Elements in Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan

Prabha Parmar, M.A., Ph.D. (English)

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Khushwant Singh and His Works

Khushwant Singh wrote many books which include the novels I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale, Delhi, The Company of Women, Burial at Sea, The Portrait of A Lady, Paradise, Train to Pakistan; the classic two- volume A History of the Sikhs; and a number of translations and non-fiction books on Sikh religion and culture. He also wrote his autobiography, Truth, Love and a Little Malice, which was published in 2002.

Train to Pakistan

Among Khuswant Singh's novels, Train to Pakistan has a special place. The novel narrates one of the most brutal episodes in the world's history, in which a million men, women and children were killed and ten million were displaced from their homes and deprived of their belongings. The novel is a narrative of the tragic events that followed the Partition of British India into India and Pakistan. This novel contains many themes like love, history, politics, shame, religion and patriotism. But the main and important theme of this novel is history and the lessons that one derive from historic tragedies.

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Prabha Parmar, M.A., Ph.D. (English)
Lecturer in Communication Skills
Punjab Institute of Engineering & Applied Research
Lalru Mandi 140501
Punjab
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