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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... Bippin , and long ago he had been hanged from the peepul tree by a gang of dacoits . Since then this ghost had lived in the tree , and was in the habit of pouncing upon any person who resembled a dacoit and beating him severely . I ...
... Bippin , and long ago he had been hanged from the peepul tree by a gang of dacoits . Since then this ghost had lived in the tree , and was in the habit of pouncing upon any person who resembled a dacoit and beating him severely . I ...
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... Bippin . " I am coming home with you . " ' And I drove on to the village with Bippin sitting beside me . * " I have so arranged it , ” he said , “ that no one will be able to see me . And another thing . I must sleep beside you every ...
... Bippin . " I am coming home with you . " ' And I drove on to the village with Bippin sitting beside me . * " I have so arranged it , ” he said , “ that no one will be able to see me . And another thing . I must sleep beside you every ...
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... Bippin did not come to sleep beside me . I was left alone with the cows . When he did not come the following night , I was afraid that he would throttle me while I slept . I was almost certain that my good fortune had come to an end ...
... Bippin did not come to sleep beside me . I was left alone with the cows . When he did not come the following night , I was afraid that he would throttle me while I slept . I was almost certain that my good fortune had come to an end ...
Contents
The BentDouble Beggar | 17 |
Untouchable | 24 |
Coming Home to Dehra | 39 |
Copyright | |
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Abdul Rauf Anet asked Mother Aunt Ayah Badran Bansi Bareilly Batavia bath bazaar began Bharatpur Binya Bippin brought bungalow chachi Champa clothes cottage dark daughter Dehra Delhi dinghy door exclaimed eyes face father favourite Firangans Firangi forest Ganpat gave ghosts girl gone Grandfather Grandmother Granny ground Hafizulla hair hand head heard hill husband jackfruit Javed Khan Javed's Khan-Begum Khan's killed knew Kothiwali Lado Lala Lala's house Lalain leave live look Mangal Mariam morning Muggeridge Nawab never night nightjar Nizam passed Pathan peepul tree Pilloo pony Prem python Qadar Qamran rain Ramjimal remember replied returned road rupees Ruskin Bond Sarfaraz Khan sepoys servant Shahjahanpur Shimla shouted singing sitting someone Somi soon sweeper-boy sword tell told tonga took Toto uncle veranda village walked wife window woman women