![]() Singh's novel does not show any dissatisfaction among the different ethnic groups in India before Partition. ![]() ![]() ![]() In contrast, this thesis will demonstrate that instead of blaming communal diversity (in other words "difference of religion") as the root cause of Partition, Singh blames Partition on self-interested politicians. This tendency to blame Partition on religion is also found in critics who study Khushwant Singh's novel Train to Pakistan. Most readers and critics of fictional works about the Partition of British India (that is the division of British India into India and Pakistan upon independence from the British in 1947) agree that writers tend to paint religious differences as the root cause of the communal conflict that eventually led to Partition.
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