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Only a solitary sikh peasant carrying an Ironshod bamboo staff followed by his wife with an infant resting on her hip remained with the Hawkers on the platform.The man hoisted their rolled bedding onto his head it there with one hand, In the other he carried a large tin of clarified butter. But when guard blew his whistle for depature, most of them were back on the train. When it steamed in, the crying of hawkers on the platform and the passengers rushing about and shouting to each other gave the impression that many people would be getting off. The train this morning was only an hour late- almost like pre-war days. As time moves on the three main characters can Jugga prove he was just set up and what happens when the train stops coming but also when there are dead Sikhs who are caught between the two in this situation on the train from Pakistan? One day Iqbal arrives on the same train as some police reinforcements this young man is very political and seems out of place in this small village. This is all going to be looked at by the second main character Hukum Chand he is a magistrate that has come to see events the village has a regular train from Pakistan that arrives on a set schedule.
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When he has things taken in the robbery that lead to the moneylender’s death. In fact the only three brick built building s are the respective temples for each religion.We have shown events the events which happen after a money lender Ram lal is murdered the suspicion falls on Jugga. The beauty of this book is how he chooses to use one single village that until the events of 1947 the village of Mano Marija is on the border between the two new countries as the partition is happening until then it has seen all that lived there which is a mix of both Sikhs, Hindus and Muslim. This is the opening and that long hot summer is felt like a pressure cooker of events that year. People began saying that God was punishing them for their sins For weeks, the sparse clouds cast only shadows. And the summer was longer, No one could remember when the monsoon had been so late. It was hotter than usual and drier and dustier. Even the weather had a different feel in India that year. The summer of 1947 was not like other Indian summers. He also was a politician later in his life. He was later an editor and journalist for various publications. He then worked in Lahore before partition and in the Indian foreign service these experiences lead to him writing this book about the events in 1947.
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Khushwant Singh Studied in London law and was called to the bar after that. It is one I have been wanting to read for a number of years as it is considered a classic of Indian fiction and one of the best books about the partition of Pakistan and India. I ran a bit late and here is my last 1956 club book.