It boils our blood whenever we hear the story of how the train that was coming from Pakistan to India was cut into pieces by the Pakistani’s to take revenge. Written by Khushwant Singh, the book is a detailed description of the post train incident in Punjab.
The village is terrified and the Muslim’s of the village are ready to move to the refuge camps. Amidst all this chaos, Juggat Singh falls in love with a beautiful young Muslim girl. However now she has to move to Pakistan with her blind father.
When juggat goes to tell his mother about the girl she refuses him as she is a Muslim and they are Sikh. However the girl is now pregnant with Juggat’s child and soon she has to leave for Pakistan. Jut half an hour before news arrives that the train that was suppose to reach India from Lahor has been sabatash by the Pakistani’s.
Till now he is unaware of that the girl is carrying his child and in rage he plans on going and killing her. As he goes she tells him everything. For the love of the country he has to leave his love and let her live.