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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... Dehra , where the tiger and the pheasant and the spotted deer were beginning to disappear . Ramu and I spent many long summer afternoons at the pond . I still ... Dehra The faint queasiness I always feel 38 Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra.
... Dehra , where the tiger and the pheasant and the spotted deer were beginning to disappear . Ramu and I spent many long summer afternoons at the pond . I still ... Dehra The faint queasiness I always feel 38 Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra.
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... Dehra , bringing me at every click of the rails nearer to the mother I hadn't seen for four years and the stepfather I had seen just once or twice before my parents were divorced . I was eleven and I was coming home to Dehra . Three ...
... Dehra , bringing me at every click of the rails nearer to the mother I hadn't seen for four years and the stepfather I had seen just once or twice before my parents were divorced . I was eleven and I was coming home to Dehra . Three ...
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... Dehra , made her a reasonable offer , which she accepted . Then things happened very quickly . Grandmother sold most of our belongings , because as she said , we wouldn't be able to cope with a lot of luggage . The kabaris came in ...
... Dehra , made her a reasonable offer , which she accepted . Then things happened very quickly . Grandmother sold most of our belongings , because as she said , we wouldn't be able to cope with a lot of luggage . The kabaris came in ...
Contents
The BentDouble Beggar | 17 |
Untouchable | 24 |
Coming Home to Dehra | 39 |
Copyright | |
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