DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i04.005

Pages: 820-822

The slot of partition literature in the context of modern Indian literature has always been stealing the limelight. Several writers have come up with one or the other hidden tale of partition which unveiled the unfathomable series of events. This paper intends to explore the grim reality foregrounded in Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan. The story revolves around the inhabitants of a fictional village called Mano Majra and goes on explaining the aftermath of partition on the social brethren. The paper attempts to bring in light the plight of people of this village and show how the whole act of partition has actually led to an abysmal existence of the people affected. A critical reading of the text highlights the various tropes of Marxism, feminism and structuralism embedded in the text. A look at the various ideologies enmeshed help in reading between the lines. In a broader sense, the categorical stand of partition literature is upheld through this novel. Being a writer of modern Indian fiction, Khushwant Singh has created a story through the eyes of a narrator who paints the gory canvas.