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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... village from the market , Bippin leapt out of the peepul tree . 6 " False friend , " he cried , halting the bullocks . “ I gave you everything you wanted , and still you betrayed me ! " 6 " I'm very sorry , " I said . " But as a ghost ...
... village from the market , Bippin leapt out of the peepul tree . 6 " False friend , " he cried , halting the bullocks . “ I gave you everything you wanted , and still you betrayed me ! " 6 " I'm very sorry , " I said . " But as a ghost ...
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... village a hundred miles away , or so , a small boy told me . And so I brooded ; walked disconsolately through the oak forest hardly listening to the birds — the sweet - throated whistling thrush ; the shrill barbet ; the mellow - voiced ...
... village a hundred miles away , or so , a small boy told me . And so I brooded ; walked disconsolately through the oak forest hardly listening to the birds — the sweet - throated whistling thrush ; the shrill barbet ; the mellow - voiced ...
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... village of Indarkha , some eight miles out of Shahjahanpur . The sun was up , and when we raised the cloth which formed the roof of our cart , we were astonished to find ourselves alone , for the meanas and horsemen had all disappeared ...
... village of Indarkha , some eight miles out of Shahjahanpur . The sun was up , and when we raised the cloth which formed the roof of our cart , we were astonished to find ourselves alone , for the meanas and horsemen had all disappeared ...
Contents
The BentDouble Beggar | 17 |
Untouchable | 24 |
Coming Home to Dehra | 39 |
Copyright | |
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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