Global Concerns Classroom’s Comments (group member since Feb 02, 2017)

Global Concerns Classroom’s comments from the Global Concern's Classroom Reading List 2017-2018 group.

1. What is the significance of Mano Majra's train station? What might it symbolize?

2. To what extent do you think the author blames any one group in the religious conflicts at the partition in 1947 for what happened? Does he see the blame as spread around? Why do you think this?

3. On a day-to-day basis, what is the importance of religion to the villagers?

4. What about the women in the novel? What roles do they play? How do they influence others and their actions? What does the novel indicate about gender roles in the novel's rural setting and the time frame for the novel's events?

5. What influence, if any, does the caste system have on the characters and their actions? When and how is this influence demonstrated? Does the caste system still exist today?

6. Do some research on the current relations between India and Pakistan. How do you think the partition affected current relations?