Train to Pakistan

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Detailed Summary & Analysis

1. Dacoity 2. Kalyug 3. Mano Majra 4. Karma

Themes

All Themes The Partition of India and Religious Warfare Postcolonial Anxiety and National Identity Power and Corruption Honor and Heroism Gender and Masculinity

Characters

All Characters Juggut Singh / Jugga Iqbal Singh Meet Singh Hukum Chand Mahatma Gandhi Mohammed Ali Jinnah Jawaharlal Nehru Lala Ram Lal Juggut’s Mother Imam Baksh Banta Singh Malli Haseena The Subinspector / Inspector Sahib The Head Constable Prem Singh Sundari Sunder Singh Boy Leader

Terms

All Terms Dacoity Bhai Sepoy Charpoy Chapatti Budmash Punkah Muezzin Lambardar Betel Shikar / Shikari Sahib Gurdwara Nar Admi “Sat Sri Akal” Babu / Babuji Banian Toba Mem-sahib Houri Kirpan Beybey Pathan Tonga Hijra The Muslim League

Symbols

All Symbols Antimony Railway Bridge Bangles

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Summary & Analysis

1. Dacoity
2. Kalyug
3. Mano Majra
4. Karma

All Themes
The Partition of India and Religious Warfare
Postcolonial Anxiety and National Identity
Power and Corruption
Honor and Heroism
Gender and Masculinity

All Characters
Juggut Singh / Jugga
Iqbal Singh
Meet Singh
Hukum Chand
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lala Ram Lal
Juggut’s Mother
Imam Baksh
Banta Singh
Malli
Haseena
The Subinspector / Inspector Sahib
The Head Constable
Prem Singh
Sundari
Sunder Singh
Boy Leader

All Terms
Dacoity
Bhai
Sepoy
Charpoy
Chapatti
Budmash
Punkah
Muezzin
Lambardar
Betel
Shikar / Shikari
Sahib
Gurdwara
Nar Admi
“Sat Sri Akal”
Babu / Babuji
Banian
Toba
Mem-sahib
Houri
Kirpan
Beybey
Pathan
Tonga
Hijra
The Muslim League

All Symbols
Antimony
Railway Bridge
Bangles

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Toba Term Analysis

“Penance” in Hindi.

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