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Sunder Singh
Described in the text as only a “lad” and as somewhat “effeminate” in his youthful appearance, he is an aggressive teenage soldier who encourages the Sikhs of Mano Majra to murder Muslims. At one point in the text, he entices a crowd with a speech in which he questions the manhood of the male villagers and says that they should kill “two Musulmans” for every Sikh and Hindu that the Muslims kill.
Boy Leader Quotes in Train to Pakistan
The Train to Pakistan quotes below are all either spoken by Boy Leader or refer to Boy Leader . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“Well, if the village is not dead, then it should be. It should be drowned in a palmful of water. It consists of eunuchs,” said the visitor fiercely with a flourish of his hand … The leader had an aggressive bossy manner. He was a boy in his teens with a little beard which was glued to his chin with brilliantine. He was small in size, slight of build and altogether somewhat effeminate ….] He looked as if his mother had dressed him up as an American cowboy … It was obvious to the villagers that he was an educated city-dweller. Such men always assumed a superior air when talking to peasants. They had no regard for age or status.
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Late night visitors arrive in Mano Majra in a jeep. They are Sikh soldiers, and a boy leader stands out among them. They go around asking if the villagers are still alive and Banta Singh, somewhat annoyed, declares that they are all fine. In response, the boy says that they should all be dead and declares the Sikh men unworthy. By calling them “eunuchs” who should be “drowned in a palmful of water,” the boy is calling the male villagers both weak and foolish due to their unwillingness to go out and kill any Muslim they can find. What is Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in.
“For each Hindu or Sikh they kill, kill two Mussulmans. For each woman they abduct or rape, abduct two. For each home they loot, loot two. For each trainload of dead they send over, send two across. For each road convoy that is attacked, attack two. That will stop the killing on the other side. It will teach them that we also play this game of killing and looting” … “I was going to say,” said Meet Singh haltingly, “I was going to say,” he repeated, “what have the Muslims here done to us for us to kill them in revenge for what Muslims in Pakistan are doing? Only people who have committed crimes should be punished.” The lad glared angrily at Meet Singh. “What had the Sikhs and Hindus in Pakistan done that they were butchered? Weren’t they innocent?”
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To further bait the Sikh villagers into turning on their Muslim neighbors, the boy leader advocates an “eye for an eye” policy of justice. Interestingly, he establishes solidarity between the Hindus and Sikhs in getting revenge against the Muslims. The boy reasons that the Sikhs will win this religious war only if they establish dominance in the “game of killing and looting.” Meet Singh serves as the boy leader’s foil, for the priest is old and lives according to an oath of peace. His halting speech contrasts with the boy’s charismatic articulation of violent revenge. Meet Singh senses that his Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. No
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Boy Leader Character Timeline in Train to Pakistan
The timeline below shows where the character Boy Leader appears in Train to Pakistan. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
4. Karma
...not, it should be. He says that it is full of eunuchs. One of them, the boy leader , has “an aggressive bossy manner,” though he is only “in his teens” and is...
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...in Pakistan, they will fight; but, there is nothing they can do in Mano Majra. The boy leader sneers at the mention of the government, which he says consists of “cowardly banian moneylenders,”...
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The boy leader loses patience with Meet Singh. The priest loses the argument and the boy turns his...
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The boy leader spreads out a map and asks if everyone can see the position of the railway...
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The boy leader sees that it is past midnight. He closes the meeting and encourages everyone to get...
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