Our Trees Still Grow in DehraFourteen Engaging Stories From One Of India'S Master Story-Tellers Semi-Autobiographical In Nature, These Stories Span The Period From The Author'S Childhood To The Present. We Are Introduced, In A Series Of Beautifully Imagined And Crafted Cameos, To The Author'S Family, Friends, And Various Other People Who Left A Lasting Impression On Him. In Other Stories We Revisit Bond'S Beloved Garhwal Hills And The Small Towns And Villages That He Has Returned To Time And Again In His Fiction. Together With His Well-Known Novella, A Flight Of Pigeons (Which Was Made Into The Film Junoon), Which Also Appears In This Collection, These Stories Once Again Bring Ruskin Bond'S India Vividly To Life. |
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Page 66
... someone else . ' I break off ; we have been over this before . I am not there as my father's advocate , and the time for recrimination has passed . And now it is raining outside , and the scent of wet earth comes through the open doors ...
... someone else . ' I break off ; we have been over this before . I am not there as my father's advocate , and the time for recrimination has passed . And now it is raining outside , and the scent of wet earth comes through the open doors ...
Page 68
... someone disagreeable . Still , they were sisters . Charlotte had been a gay , young thing once , very popular with the soldiers at the convalescent home . She refused several offers of marriage and then when she thought it time to ...
... someone disagreeable . Still , they were sisters . Charlotte had been a gay , young thing once , very popular with the soldiers at the convalescent home . She refused several offers of marriage and then when she thought it time to ...
Page 71
... someone was watching me . Someone in the trees , in the shadows , still and watchful . Nothing moved ; not a stone shifted , not a twig broke ; but someone was watching me . I felt terribly exposed ; not to danger , but to the scrutiny ...
... someone was watching me . Someone in the trees , in the shadows , still and watchful . Nothing moved ; not a stone shifted , not a twig broke ; but someone was watching me . I felt terribly exposed ; not to danger , but to the scrutiny ...
Contents
The BentDouble Beggar | 17 |
Untouchable | 24 |
Coming Home to Dehra | 39 |
Copyright | |
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