• Vaishali Vijay Takode

In, Train to Pakistan also titled “Mano-Majra”, Khushwant Singh gives us a detailed picture of the love and affection of Sikhs and Muslims who lived together in peace for hundreds of years. The partition of India and Pakistan is an example of one of the most unfortunate and bloody religious clashes in India. The people, who loved one another, started hating one another. Train is the most important symbol in the novel. With the changing description of train the tone of the novel also changes. After the news of the partition of India and Pakistan the killings started in Mano Majra, the question arises who is responsible for these killings Hindus said that the Muslims had planned and started the killings followed by rape. But Muslims said that Hindus were to blame. The fact was that both sides killed, both shot and stabbed, speared, clubbed, tortured and raped. But in all this hatred there was a character who lived for humanity and who sacrificed his life only to save the lives of others and his name was Jugga. (Juggut Singh) Unlike other partition Novels, the major focus of the novel is not the killings. It is the feelings of love and compassion that we see and read on the pages of Train to Pakistan.

Partition, Killings, Hindus, Muslims, Love, Hatred.

" The Theme of Love and Sacrifice in Kushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no.i344-i347, April-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2204840.pdf

" The Theme of Love and Sacrifice in Kushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no. ppi344-i347, April-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2204840.pdf