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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 17
Page 13
... raining lightly . ' Rain ! ' I shouted , sitting up . ' It's raining ! ' Everyone woke up and did his best to collect water in mugs , hats or other containers . Mr Muggeridge lay back with his mouth open , drinking the rain as it fell ...
... raining lightly . ' Rain ! ' I shouted , sitting up . ' It's raining ! ' Everyone woke up and did his best to collect water in mugs , hats or other containers . Mr Muggeridge lay back with his mouth open , drinking the rain as it fell ...
Page 60
... rain ? But Londoners frowned on these gay splashes of colour : to them it all seemed an expression of some sort of barbarism . And then again Londoners had a horror of any sort of loud noise , and a blaring radio could ( quite ...
... rain ? But Londoners frowned on these gay splashes of colour : to them it all seemed an expression of some sort of barbarism . And then again Londoners had a horror of any sort of loud noise , and a blaring radio could ( quite ...
Page 79
... rain . I could see the rain moving across the hills , and I could smell it on the breeze . But instead of turning back , I walked on through the leaves and brambles that grew over the disused path , and wandered into the forest . I had ...
... rain . I could see the rain moving across the hills , and I could smell it on the breeze . But instead of turning back , I walked on through the leaves and brambles that grew over the disused path , and wandered into the forest . I had ...
Contents
The BentDouble Beggar | 17 |
Untouchable | 24 |
Coming Home to Dehra | 39 |
Copyright | |
5 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abdul Rauf Anet asked Mother Aunt Ayah Badran Bansi Bareilly Batavia bath bazaar began Bharatpur Binya Bippin brought bungalow chachi Champa clothes cottage dark daughter Dehra Delhi dinghy door exclaimed eyes face father favourite Firangans Firangi forest Ganpat gave ghosts girl gone Grandfather Grandmother Granny ground Hafizulla hair hand head heard hill husband jackfruit Javed Khan Javed's Khan-Begum Khan's killed knew Kothiwali Lado Lala Lala's house Lalain leave live look Mangal Mariam morning Muggeridge Nawab never night nightjar Nizam passed Pathan peepul tree Pilloo pony Prem python Qadar Qamran rain Ramjimal remember replied returned road rupees Ruskin Bond Sarfaraz Khan sepoys servant Shahjahanpur Shimla shouted singing sitting someone Somi soon sweeper-boy sword tell told tonga took Toto uncle veranda village walked wife window woman women