Train to Pakistan was first published on 1956 and is now widely accepted as being one of the classics of modern Indian fiction. The novel has been translated into several European and Indian languages and its readership has grown over the years.

The author of the bestselling "The Future of Freedom" describes a world in which the U.S. will no longer dominate the global economy. He sees the "rise of the rest" as the great story of our time, and one that will reshape the world.