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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... deodar forest , past Council Rock where Scout meetings were held . As soon as my unfortunate teacher ( no doubt cursing the Headmaster for having given him this unpleasant task ) started on the theme of ' God wanting your father in a ...
... deodar forest , past Council Rock where Scout meetings were held . As soon as my unfortunate teacher ( no doubt cursing the Headmaster for having given him this unpleasant task ) started on the theme of ' God wanting your father in a ...
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... deodars marched over the mountains . And the mountains rose higher , and the trees grew stunted until they finally disappeared and only the black spirit - haunted rocks rose up to meet the everlasting snows . Those peaks cradled the sky ...
... deodars marched over the mountains . And the mountains rose higher , and the trees grew stunted until they finally disappeared and only the black spirit - haunted rocks rose up to meet the everlasting snows . Those peaks cradled the sky ...
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... deodars and pines -- most of them unnecessarily , as they grew some fifty to sixty yards from the roadside . The trouble ... deodar . Forest birds , all of them , they will now be in search of some other stretch of surviving forest . The ...
... deodars and pines -- most of them unnecessarily , as they grew some fifty to sixty yards from the roadside . The trouble ... deodar . Forest birds , all of them , they will now be in search of some other stretch of surviving forest . The ...
Contents
The BentDouble Beggar | 17 |
Untouchable | 24 |
Coming Home to Dehra | 39 |
Copyright | |
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