If the society comprises only of meek individuals then it will fail to perform the task it was meant for. Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan is one such novel which shows that the institution of society is effete and helpless if it lacks heroic individuals. At this time when society became so vulnerable that it was left to a few individuals to save the grace of humanity which was facing the onslaught of violence, rumours, prejudices and malice.
Culture and religion became two polarizing factors and the social structures stood crumbling and destructed from the attacks from within. But if we have a closer look at the partition literature we find that the core values of the social system were inverted and the society itself crumbled under the belief system it had fostered and nurtured for so long. The society was meant to indemnify human beings against any threat from outside. Moreover, the man found that agriculture can not be done individually (at that time machines were not available), so the clusters of human settlement started forming which lead to the evolution of language, culture, literature, religion and society. Nomadic man who used to live a life of a hunter and gatherer found it difficult to defend himself against the vagaries of weather and dangerous animals.
Where Society Fails, Individual Succeeds: A Study of Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan Evolution of society was necessitated by two very essential things: co-operation and security. Virender Pal Assistant Professor of English Guru Nanak Khalsa College Yamuna nagar Haryana Mobile 09466421362 Where Society Fails, Individual Succeeds: A Study of Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan
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