The Partition Literature

The Partition people with the Partition literature Going from one side to another, One border to another Like the footsoldiers, Armless and empty-handed, Telling of the apathy of the politicians With no kindness for humanity, All for chair to sit on. Khushwant Singh in Train to Pakistan, Krishan Chander in The Peshawar Express And K.A.Abbas with The Refugee, Marking the whirlwind Uprooting it all And all discussing die in harness cases, Life in bivouacs and camps, The people turned homeless, shelterless As for politics, bloody politics, Man mad after power and position. The trainloads, busloads of passengers, Distraught and devastated, Looted and slapped By destiny and time Going to an unknown destination, Fromwhere nowhere to return to, Just to make a fresh start, With no promise of a better tomorrow, Oh, the Partition people, The tedious and tiresome journeys And their tales of misery!