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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... Pari Tibba ( Hill of the Fairies ) , where apparently lightning played and struck more frequently than elsewhere . But the forest below the cottage seemed full of possibilities , and the windows opening on to it probably decided the ...
... Pari Tibba ( Hill of the Fairies ) , where apparently lightning played and struck more frequently than elsewhere . But the forest below the cottage seemed full of possibilities , and the windows opening on to it probably decided the ...
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... Pari Tibba ( Fairy Hill ) and slid down the steep slope into the valley . The air was very still and already the birds were silent . The only sound came from the water running over the stony bed of the stream . I had lain there ten ...
... Pari Tibba ( Fairy Hill ) and slid down the steep slope into the valley . The air was very still and already the birds were silent . The only sound came from the water running over the stony bed of the stream . I had lain there ten ...
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... Pari Tibba , sometimes to the valley beyond . Have you been there ? ' ' No. But I will go some day . ' ' It is always windy on Pari Tibba . ' ' Is it true that there are fairies there ? ' She laughed . " That is what people say . But ...
... Pari Tibba , sometimes to the valley beyond . Have you been there ? ' ' No. But I will go some day . ' ' It is always windy on Pari Tibba . ' ' Is it true that there are fairies there ? ' She laughed . " That is what people say . But ...
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The BentDouble Beggar | 17 |
Untouchable | 24 |
Coming Home to Dehra | 39 |
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