“a train to pakistan reviews”

It is the summer of 1947. But Partition does not mean much to the Sikhs and Muslims of Mano Majra, a village on the border of India and Pakistan. Then, a local money-lender is murdered, and suspicion falls upon Juggut Singh, the village gangster who is in love with a Muslim girl. When a train ar... More

It is a place, Khushwant Singh goes on to tell us at the beginning of this classic novel, where Sikhs and Muslims have lived together in peace for hundreds of years. Then one day, at the end of the summer, the 'ghost train' arrives, a silent, incredible funeral train loaded with the bodies of thousa... More

The Hamoodur Rahman Commission was officially reconstituted in 1974 to interview returning prisoners, particularly senior officers, and issue a supplementary report to their original landmark document. The supplementary report makes fascinating reading, based on the Commissions in-depth interviews w... More

This collection of essays takes a fresh look at the contentious themes of democracy, development, and security in Pakistan today. Arguing that the three are closely interlinked, the editors posit that the political and economic experience of the past 50 years shows that neither democracy nor capital... More

This fascinating look at Pakistan and its turbulent history is examined from its genesis as a nation in 1947 to the present. Bennett Jones describes the many fault lines in Pakistani society, and argues the country's central institutions are so weak that the military regime may prove incapable of re... More

An eyewitness account by an acclaimed "New Yorker" reporter Wedged between India and Afghanistan, Pakistan is the second-largest nation in the Islamic world, and is situated in what is currently one of the most volatile regions on earth. It has assumed a commanding role in militant Islam, a frighten... More

Pakistan is a key country in the "War against Terror." A Western ally and a nuclear power, with a very large Muslim population, and where substantial "Islamicization" programs have taken place over recent years, it is by no means certain in which direction Pakistan will turn going forward. Understan... More