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 37
... sit with Ramu astride a contented buffalo , the great beast standing like an island in the middle of a muddy ocean . Sometimes we would try racing the buffaloes , Ramu and I sitting on different mounts . But they were lazy creatures ...
... sit with Ramu astride a contented buffalo , the great beast standing like an island in the middle of a muddy ocean . Sometimes we would try racing the buffaloes , Ramu and I sitting on different mounts . But they were lazy creatures ...
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... sitting beside a rather smelly , paan - spitting tonga - driver , while his weary , underfed pony clip - clopped along the quiet tree - lined roads . Dehra was always a good place for trees . The valley soil is very fertile , the ...
... sitting beside a rather smelly , paan - spitting tonga - driver , while his weary , underfed pony clip - clopped along the quiet tree - lined roads . Dehra was always a good place for trees . The valley soil is very fertile , the ...
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... sitting - room near Swiss Cottage had been cold and austere , and my landlady had disapproved of any sort of revelry . Moreover , I hadn't the money for the theatre or a good restaurant . That first English Christmas was spent sitting ...
... sitting - room near Swiss Cottage had been cold and austere , and my landlady had disapproved of any sort of revelry . Moreover , I hadn't the money for the theatre or a good restaurant . That first English Christmas was spent sitting ...
Contents
The BentDouble Beggar | 17 |
Untouchable | 24 |
Coming Home to Dehra | 39 |
Copyright | |
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