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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... window - sill , and then forgotten all about them . At about four o'clock in the morning the entire household was awakened by a loud and fearful noise , and Grandmother and several nervous relatives gathered in their night- clothes on ...
... window - sill , and then forgotten all about them . At about four o'clock in the morning the entire household was awakened by a loud and fearful noise , and Grandmother and several nervous relatives gathered in their night- clothes on ...
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... window when the train is moving . There was that American boy who lost his head last year ! And don't eat rubbish at every station between here and Bombay . And see that no strangers enter the compartment . Mr Wilkins was murdered and ...
... window when the train is moving . There was that American boy who lost his head last year ! And don't eat rubbish at every station between here and Bombay . And see that no strangers enter the compartment . Mr Wilkins was murdered and ...
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... window opened on to the forest . Trees reached up to the window . Oak , maple , walnut . Higher up the hill , the pines started , and further on , armies of deodars marched over the mountains . And the mountains rose higher , and the ...
... window opened on to the forest . Trees reached up to the window . Oak , maple , walnut . Higher up the hill , the pines started , and further on , armies of deodars marched over the mountains . And the mountains rose higher , and the ...
Contents
The BentDouble Beggar | 17 |
Untouchable | 24 |
Coming Home to Dehra | 39 |
Copyright | |
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