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 88
... Uncle Ken knew the secret of how to make a living without actually doing any work . But then , of course , he had four sisters . And each of them was married to a fairly prosperous husband . So Uncle Ken divided up his year among them ...
... Uncle Ken knew the secret of how to make a living without actually doing any work . But then , of course , he had four sisters . And each of them was married to a fairly prosperous husband . So Uncle Ken divided up his year among them ...
Page 139
Ruskin Bond. uncle did boast the other day that there were no Firangis left , I overheard him whispering to Sarfaraz Khan that they were not yet totally extinct . The hills are full of them . My uncle was relating how Abdul Rauf Khan had ...
Ruskin Bond. uncle did boast the other day that there were no Firangis left , I overheard him whispering to Sarfaraz Khan that they were not yet totally extinct . The hills are full of them . My uncle was relating how Abdul Rauf Khan had ...
Page 162
... uncle , where we found rest , shelter and comfort , until a rumour that a rebel force was about to cross the territory threw us all into a panic again . It was only a rumour . But the trials of the past year had made such an impression ...
... uncle , where we found rest , shelter and comfort , until a rumour that a rebel force was about to cross the territory threw us all into a panic again . It was only a rumour . But the trials of the past year had made such an impression ...
Contents
The BentDouble Beggar | 17 |
Untouchable | 24 |
Coming Home to Dehra | 39 |
Copyright | |
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