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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... moved in , it had been nestling there among the oaks for over seventy years . It had become a part of the forest . Birds nestled in the eaves ; beetles burrowed in the woodwork ; a jungle cat moved into the attic . Some denizens ...
... moved in , it had been nestling there among the oaks for over seventy years . It had become a part of the forest . Birds nestled in the eaves ; beetles burrowed in the woodwork ; a jungle cat moved into the attic . Some denizens ...
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... moved downstream for about half a mile . Then I lay down to rest on a flat rock , in the shade of a wild cherry tree , and watched the sun shifting through the branches as it rose over the hill called Pari Tibba ( Fairy Hill ) and slid ...
... moved downstream for about half a mile . Then I lay down to rest on a flat rock , in the shade of a wild cherry tree , and watched the sun shifting through the branches as it rose over the hill called Pari Tibba ( Fairy Hill ) and slid ...
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... moved swiftly over the rocks and dry grass . Early May . The cicadas were singing in the forest ; or rather , orchestrating , since they make the sound with their legs . The whistling thrushes pursued each other over the tree - tops ...
... moved swiftly over the rocks and dry grass . Early May . The cicadas were singing in the forest ; or rather , orchestrating , since they make the sound with their legs . The whistling thrushes pursued each other over the tree - tops ...
Contents
The BentDouble Beggar | 17 |
Untouchable | 24 |
Coming Home to Dehra | 39 |
Copyright | |
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