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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... bazaar crowd by slinging it across his shoulders and walking home with it . Grandmother nearly fainted at the sight of the python curled round Grandfather's throat . ' You'll be strangled ! ' she cried . ' Get rid of it at once ...
... bazaar crowd by slinging it across his shoulders and walking home with it . Grandmother nearly fainted at the sight of the python curled round Grandfather's throat . ' You'll be strangled ! ' she cried . ' Get rid of it at once ...
Page 49
... bazaar . Grandmother's bank , the Allahabad Bank , stood near the clock tower . She was gone for about half - an - hour and during this period Bansi and I sauntered about in front of the shops . The pony had been left with some green ...
... bazaar . Grandmother's bank , the Allahabad Bank , stood near the clock tower . She was gone for about half - an - hour and during this period Bansi and I sauntered about in front of the shops . The pony had been left with some green ...
Page 92
... Bazaar and up the Tehri road . It was a good day for walking ; and it was dark by the time I returned to the outskirts of the town . Someone stood waiting for me on the road above the cottage . I hurried past him . If I am not for ...
... Bazaar and up the Tehri road . It was a good day for walking ; and it was dark by the time I returned to the outskirts of the town . Someone stood waiting for me on the road above the cottage . I hurried past him . If I am not for ...
Contents
The BentDouble Beggar | 17 |
Untouchable | 24 |
Coming Home to Dehra | 39 |
Copyright | |
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