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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Page 43
... servant who did not look pleased at being disturbed . When he saw my grandmother he gave her a deferential salaam , then gazed at me with open curiosity . ' Where's the memsahib ? ' asked grandmother . ' Out , ' said the servant . ' I ...
... servant who did not look pleased at being disturbed . When he saw my grandmother he gave her a deferential salaam , then gazed at me with open curiosity . ' Where's the memsahib ? ' asked grandmother . ' Out , ' said the servant . ' I ...
Page 101
... servant and owed no loyalties to the British ; nor had he conspired with the rebels , for his path never crossed ... servants , Champa and Lado ; as well as two of our black and white spaniels , who had followed close on Mother's heels ...
... servant and owed no loyalties to the British ; nor had he conspired with the rebels , for his path never crossed ... servants , Champa and Lado ; as well as two of our black and white spaniels , who had followed close on Mother's heels ...
Page 154
... servant to pass his sword through his body . But the servant would not . Then Nizam Ali rushed about madly and put his head into the mouth of a cannon , and ordered a gunner to apply a match and blow him to pieces . But the gunner ...
... servant to pass his sword through his body . But the servant would not . Then Nizam Ali rushed about madly and put his head into the mouth of a cannon , and ordered a gunner to apply a match and blow him to pieces . But the gunner ...
Contents
The BentDouble Beggar | 17 |
Untouchable | 24 |
Coming Home to Dehra | 39 |
Copyright | |
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