Analysis Of Khushwant Singh Train And Pakistan

“Twenty bodies were thrown out of our wagon. Then the train resumed its journey, leaving behind it a few hundred naked dead, deprived of burial, in the deep snow of a field in Poland.” (104)

In 1939 World War II broke out in Europe. Britain proclaimed India’s involvement in the war without consulting the Indian people. This led to increased protest and volatility. In 1942 India established a national army and proposed the Quit India Movement. This movement promised to lend Indian military support to Britain in return for complete independence. If they refused this treaty the Indian people promised civil disobedience. In 1947 India was granted its independence and became self governing (Luscombe, 2012). On January 26, 1950 the Republic of India was proclaimed and it drafted a constitution. The first democratic elections were held in 1952. However the Hindus and Muslims were not united and colonial India was divided into Muslim Pakistan and Hindu India (History, 2010).

There was a high food shortage in 1946 and this caused many to ration. World War II left a deep wound in India as two and a half million Indian soldiers were sent to aid the allies and 24,000 killed. Many were unemployed as they lost their jobs after the war since there was no need for war production. Gandhi’s party, Indian national congress, created in 1885 seemed it would be the power that ruled after Britain left. This changed, however, as the All Muslim league became popular during World War II. Muslims were a minority compared to the Hindus. The Partition of 1947 created Pakistan, where the Muslims would live, and India, where the Hindus would live.

of the meaning of this story and her values reinforce it. Hulga is gullible and narcissistic one the

The omniscient narrator allows the reader to see that Hulga?s stereotyping of the other characters is flawed; she never bothers trying to get to know the others as real people. If she had, she would have realized that there was more to them than meets the eye. Hulga?s lack of interest in the other characters effectively isolates her character from any meaningful relationships with other people. Her superior attitude towards the other characters is manifested in her disrespect for all of them. It never occurs to her to do unto others, as she would have others do unto her. Another theme emerges from her contemptuous behavior: Treat others with disrespect and eventually you too will be treated that way. This might also be stated through two well-known clichés: ?you reap what you sow? or ?what goes around comes around.?

Due to the work of description and Figurative Language, the reader is able to discover that the unnamed narrator is someone who has fashioned in the profession of murder before. This troubled person also identified to be confident yet calm. This is determined according to the way the narrator interprets

The dominant idiom of Indian writing today is firmly entrenched in pain, anxiety of displacement, nostalgia, yearning to belong to roots, and so on. Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things and Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss are two such novels that explore the tragedy of man on several levels using different perspectives. Both the novels are about averted culture-clash tragedies, homogeneity vs. heterogeneity, and about Indian sensibilities.

Chhay symbolizes adulthood and the coming of age of the two girls. Mr. Chhay is introduced into the story around the time Sourdi turns eighteen and is graduating high school. In a person’s life this is the time where they are progressing to be an adult. Mr. Chhay changes Sourdi, starting with their marriage when Sourdi is young. Sourdi was a young girl who was in love with a reckless teenager, but when she marries Mr. Chhay she transitions into a mother and responsible adult.

When mad, one may act vengefully without thinking. Others take time to mull things over and think of plans of revenge. In either case, retaliation or vengeance is never positive or fruitful. These negative effects can clearly be seen in Ishmael Beah’s A Long Way Gone through Beah’s experiences as a child soldier, as well as Al Qaeda’s attacks on the Atocha train station in Madrid, Spain. Beah’s representation of the effects and dangers of vengeance helps delineate the terrorists reasons behind their attacks in Spain because both Beah and the terrorists sought retribution for what had been done to them.

Hulga is the prototypical character Flannery typically illustrates in her pieces, whose pride and selfishness come in the midst of a violent or shocking revelation, for example, the grandmother’s poor judgment of the misfits in a Good Man is Hard to Find. Hulga considers herself as detached from the “good country people” among whom she lives; absorbing philosophy and its contemplation of “deeper questions.” Hulga sees herself freeing people from their impressions, believing she has none of her own. Manley Pointer serves as the agent for her self-discovery. Pointer at first, appears to be jarring.

Meanwhile another one of his peers exhibits similar symptoms of demonic oppression. Hadrea slept with him as well. He becomes enraged with her because of a scandal that gets leaked about his relation to his father. She is the only person he told his secret. When he confronts her about it she mocks him.

“Pathetic Assassin” is a short story written to illustrate the theme of power with the ultimate goal being to entertain. The story is intended for an older audience provided that it contains mature elements. As for the message of the story, one prominent interpretation could be “Sooner or later, your cowardice is going to be your biggest regret”. The theme of power has been addressed in various ways.

Chanda is flexible and willing to adapt to change, when necessary. In addition, discipline is important to her and she maintain it in a consistent positive manner. She is well-liked and respected by both children and adults.

In 1940 the all-Indian Muslim league declared its desire for a 'Pakistan' meaning 'land of the pure' under the confederation of an all Hindu state called 'Hindustan' or the 'land of the Hindus'. however a 'Pakistan' under the Indian rule seemed impossible, and

Before the Partition of India, in 1947, India was considered a country with a reasonably peaceful history. However, during and after the Partition, sexual violence, both towards men and women, escalated, resulting in the rape and abduction of over 80,000 women. Cracking India, by Bapsi Sidhwa, tells a story that highlights these violent acts by both Muslims and Hindus, through the eyes of a disabled young Parsi girl named Lenny, who witnesses first hand the violence of Partition when she mistakenly participates in the abduction of her ayah, Shanta. Throughout Cracking India, Lenny observes as the religions involved in Partition become increasingly violent towards both men and women, within their own religions and against others.