Rebuilding the Image of Sikhs inTrain to Pakistan
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Abstract
In the widely acclaimed novel,Train to Pakistan,Khushwant Singh has
accentuated his Sikh characters as having been guided by the sense of humility and
humanity. Though Sikhs have been conventionally charged for having themselves
involved in genocide of Muslims, it is a wrong image of Sikhs created and sustained
by convention. Here, by showing Sikh characters like Meet Singh and Banta Singh
ingeneral, and the protagonist Jugga Singh in particular as the strong supporters of
Gandhian non-violence and saintly behaviour, the researcher claims that Khushwant
Singh has pungently darted his criticism against the so called convention and its
negativepresentation regarding the image of Sikhs.