The people of the village were thrown into a system where the value of human life is based on caste systems, religious and political beliefs. The train to Pakistan shows how themes of love and religion cause mankind to do unthinkable things that include heartbreaking actions. On the other hand, Jugga sacrifices his life to save the train. Iqbal was the person who fights with his own thoughts whether he should do something or not. They each had the intentions to save the train, though they were well aware of the fact that it may cost their lives. Neither the magistrate nor the police is able to stem the rising tide of violence. Sadly, Nooran, who is Jugga’s lover, is also on that train. When they released from the jail, they realized that a gang was planning to attack the train taking Mano Majora’s Muslim people to Pakistan and kill the passengers. Jugga and Iqbal, they both were arrested for the one same murder they did not commit.

The story begins with the robbery and murder of Lala Ram Lal, the only Hindu family in the town. The novel is about one man who is fighting against his own thoughts whether it is correct to stand in front of 50 armed men waiting to kill hundreds of their own species or to stop because what they are going to do is immoral. The mullah of the town is half-blind Imam Baksh and her daughter Nooran is in love with Jugga and carries two months old baby of Jugga in her womb.

In this novel, Iqbal is a mysterious character, who is foreign-educated, an atheist social worker from Britain and people gives him respect for that and calls him Babu Sahib. Juggut Singh, a Sikh thief, who is playing a bad character in the novel, is an uneducated local badmash, who visits police station once in a week, is 6 feet tall and strong. Hukum Chand, who is magistrate comes in his American car but later resigns due to heavy tensions of the town. The novel introduces Bhai Meet Singh, who is fat, usually wears dirty underpants, the caretaker of the town Gurudwara. The novel is based on the main character Mano Majra, the fictional village on the border of Pakistan and India and is known for its railway station. Published in 1956, the novel draws upon Singh’s own experiences during and after the Partition of India in 1947, and details the chaos and violence in the forming of Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan. Train to Pakistan is is Khushwant Singh’s most famous work.

Imagery in a train to pakistan