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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... Bareilly brigade . He could not tell the King of our achievements here on the 31st of May . Well , I have done my part - and the sugar loaf solved my sherbet problem at Moharram . I would also have dealt well with that boy at Mangal ...
... Bareilly brigade . He could not tell the King of our achievements here on the 31st of May . Well , I have done my part - and the sugar loaf solved my sherbet problem at Moharram . I would also have dealt well with that boy at Mangal ...
Page 156
... had belonged to the Shahjahanpur regiment , but had severed his connection with it when it had marched out to Bareilly on the 1st of June , 1857. Renting a house in the city , he soon acquired a 156 Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra.
... had belonged to the Shahjahanpur regiment , but had severed his connection with it when it had marched out to Bareilly on the 1st of June , 1857. Renting a house in the city , he soon acquired a 156 Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra.
Page 162
... Bareilly , we received no further news of him . We heard that Kothiwali and Qamran and their families eventually returned to Shahjahanpur , after life had returned to normal . But Javed Khan disappeared and was never seen again ...
... Bareilly , we received no further news of him . We heard that Kothiwali and Qamran and their families eventually returned to Shahjahanpur , after life had returned to normal . But Javed Khan disappeared and was never seen again ...
Contents
The BentDouble Beggar | 17 |
Untouchable | 24 |
Coming Home to Dehra | 39 |
Copyright | |
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