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 112
... Qadar Khan is the same sort of man as his predecessor , and they come from the same family . Both of them were opposed to the Company's rule . There is this difference , though : whereas Qadar Ali was a dissolute character and ...
... Qadar Khan is the same sort of man as his predecessor , and they come from the same family . Both of them were opposed to the Company's rule . There is this difference , though : whereas Qadar Ali was a dissolute character and ...
Page 113
... Qadar Ali's sons , disappeared at the same time . They suspect that he has eloped with the girl . ' ' Ah , I remember Farhat , ' said Mother . ' A handsome young fellow who often passed in front of our house , showing off on a piebald ...
... Qadar Ali's sons , disappeared at the same time . They suspect that he has eloped with the girl . ' ' Ah , I remember Farhat , ' said Mother . ' A handsome young fellow who often passed in front of our house , showing off on a piebald ...
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... Qadar Ali to dig up the Christian graves for the treasure which , he was sure , was buried there . ' Kaddu Khan looked up and said , ' So I was made to believe . And the fox who gave me that information , also told me that when a ...
... Qadar Ali to dig up the Christian graves for the treasure which , he was sure , was buried there . ' Kaddu Khan looked up and said , ' So I was made to believe . And the fox who gave me that information , also told me that when a ...
Contents
The BentDouble Beggar | 17 |
Untouchable | 24 |
Coming Home to Dehra | 39 |
Copyright | |
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