The town badmash, Jugga is a large young man who has a bad reputation but a good heart. Train to Pakistan begins with the murder of Lala Ram Lal, the Mano Majra moneylender, and one of the few Hindus in the community.Ī dacoit named Malli and his gang of robbers are the ones who kill Lala Ram Lal, but the inept police who oversee Mano Majra and the surrounding villages falsely imprison two men, Juggut “Jugga” Singh and Iqbal Singh, for the crime. They depend on each other and live in harmony. Mano Majra is diverse, made up of Hindus and Muslims, but also Sikhs and Christian sympathizers. In this frenzy of chaos and violence is Mano Majra, one of the last remaining peaceful villages on the frontier. The trains run continually, and people call them "ghost trains." Muslims are deported on trains to Pakistan and Hindus on trains to India (nearly ten million in total) but within weeks, almost a million are already dead. Little by little, death and murder become the normal for these refugees. Some families were displaced after many generations of living in one place or the other.Īs the refugees flee, they are exposed to constant violence which often crops up when Hindus and Muslims are in close proximity. During the Partition of India in 1947, Hindus and Sikhs were made to move to India, and Muslims were forced into Pakistan, regardless of family history. This is a story of religious persecution and the aftermath of displacement.
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