Hukum Chand, Juggut Singh and Iqbal are the prime characters of the novel.Hukum Singh is the village magistrate who has his share of shrewdness yet not being vile, Juggust is kind of a local gangster well built and often imprisoned for petty crimes, while Iqbal a communist social worker travels the rural area in the hope of bringing up an uprising. Like all good things are short lived, a train makes it entry to the village throwing away the peace and tranquility of the place forever. In spite of the partition rift all over the country, Mano Majra seems to be aloof from all of it.Muslims,Hindus and Sikhs still live in harmony.On the banks of Sutlej and the border village of Indo-Pak, it seems to be a strange exception to the events.
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