THE HIDDEN POOL
Laurie, an English boy, lives with his parents in a hill station. He has two friends — Anil and Kamal. One day, on the way back from school Laurie discovers a hidden pool. It is a small waterfall that cascades down the rocks to form a pool of “apple green water”. This place is where the friends meet and play and have a good time.
GHOST STORIES FROM THE RAJ
Bond’s interest in the supernatural helps him take story telling to another level. This is a collection of ghost stories from India as seen by the British writers, officials and travellers. Bond paints a scary picture of an India haunted with ghosts that want to return to their earthly lives or perhaps just like to hover around and watch the world go by. And with Bond’s inimitable treatment some of the stories are scary, some funny and some even sad.
THE ADVENTURES OF RUSTY
Rusty and his adventures can keep you entertained all day long. Rusty lives with his grandparents in Dehradun.
Very soon, Rusty is sent away to boarding school and when school is done, he is off to London. His adventures are exciting and funny too. Sometimes you wonder how incidents like the ones that he experiences can never be yours. Is it true? Or may be it is a writer’s imagination, you wonder.
THE INDIA I LOVE
Ruskin Bond’s love for India is a well known secret. In this book he talks of his visit to England which lasted four years and his life in India. As is wont in his books, his deep love for his moutains, the trees, the flora and fauna is apparent in his writing.
He carries you with his words to get a glimpse of his wonderful world.
THE PARROT WHO WOULDN'T TALK
An anthology of short stories around his favourite people — his family and friends. However, his family had more than one who was not only eccentric but also prone to have misadventures. His grandfather had a hobby.
He would study the people around him and then disguise himself and adopt the characteristics he had learnt. Uncle Ken, of course, has been the centre of many stories and even books. In the case of Uncle Ken, trouble often comes to him.
ONCE UPON A MONSOON TIME
Stories that are close to your heart are often the most readable. This is a tale of his early childhood in Kathiawar, where his father was a school teacher. Life changes when his father gets a job in the Royal Air Force and Ruskin has to go to Dehradun. Tragedy strikes, and Ruskin’s father dies of Malaria. Ruskin lives with his grandmother. A touching story of love and grief, family ties and nature.
THE KASHMIRI STORYTELLER
Javed Khan has a Kashmiri shop in Landour Bazaar. He loves to tell stories of royalty and magic, men with super powers and people who trade. Kamal, Sashi, Madhu and Vijay love to visit his shop when darkness falls and it gets cold. For that is when Javen Khan heats his shop and pulls out his hookah and settles down to tell a story.
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