A story of a little known frontier village Mano Majra (Punjab) - a railway station situated near bank of river Sutlej dividing India and Pakistan. The author Khushwant Singh narrates history of 1947 summer after Partition was declared and frontier elsewhere has become scene of rioting and bloodshed. However, this is the village where Sikhs and Muslims have always lived peacefully and partition did not mean much. Life is regulated by the trains thta rattle across the nearby river bridge.

The only reason for India-Pakistan partition was Congress - few Congress leaders who were old, tired, not ready to fight any more and having deep political desire of getting power at the earliest. All this made them accept partition without much protest and fight.

Arthi's back to pen her thoughts down and so is Train to Pakistan - one of my long-loved books. Here's an excerpt from her most recent article, review of Train to Pakistan.

Like in Nagesh Kukunoor’s ‘3 Deewarein’ three independent incidences took place with me in the recent past, which were meant to be linked by the end. That’s the only part in common with 3 Deewarein; the plot and the story in my case were completely different.