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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... dinghy . We were seven altogether - a tight fit . We had hardly settled down in the well of the dinghy when Mr Muggeridge , still holding his nose , exclaimed : ' There she goes ! ' And as we looked on helplessly , the seaplane sank ...
... dinghy . We were seven altogether - a tight fit . We had hardly settled down in the well of the dinghy when Mr Muggeridge , still holding his nose , exclaimed : ' There she goes ! ' And as we looked on helplessly , the seaplane sank ...
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... dinghy drifted all day , with no one having the least idea where it might be taking us . ' Probably going round in circles , ' said Mr Muggeridge pessimistically . There was no compass and no sail , and paddling wouldn't have got us far ...
... dinghy drifted all day , with no one having the least idea where it might be taking us . ' Probably going round in circles , ' said Mr Muggeridge pessimistically . There was no compass and no sail , and paddling wouldn't have got us far ...
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... dinghy moved more swiftly on the choppy water . ' At last we're moving forward , ' said the captain . ' In circles ... dinghy could take days to drift a distance of thirty or forty miles . The birds wheeled noisily above the dinghy ...
... dinghy moved more swiftly on the choppy water . ' At last we're moving forward , ' said the captain . ' In circles ... dinghy could take days to drift a distance of thirty or forty miles . The birds wheeled noisily above the dinghy ...
Contents
The BentDouble Beggar | 17 |
Untouchable | 24 |
Coming Home to Dehra | 39 |
Copyright | |
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