Night Train At Deoli And Other Stories

Of love, of innocence, of loneliness, of hills, of grandparents, of trees, bees and butterflies, of the rain, of the sun, of girls with big black eyes, of love-struck boys, of trains, of you and of me - That's what this set of stories is about. Ruskin Bond has woven magic into words that are definit......more

"Kite-flying was then the sport of kings. There was time, then, to spend an idle hour with a gay, dancing strip of paper. Now everyone hurried, hurried in a heat of hope, and delicate things like kites and daydreams were trampled underfoot." I read this book on my trip back home in India this sum......more

Night Train at Deoli is a collection of 30 short stories of Ruskin Bond. The stories are simple and thought provoking and pertain to the time the author spent as a child and teenager in the foothills of Himalayas i.e Dehra and Mussorrie. Most of the stories run into 2 or 3 pages. There are a couple......more

The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories is a collection of 30 stories that showcase India. The stories have a slice of life feel to them. Like any collection of short stories, some are great and some are mediocre, others are average. I usually enjoy a good Ruskin Bond, especially his short storie......more

Here's what Mr. Bond is offering you Another mixed bag of different flavoured shorties... ranging from a couple of pages to 20-25 pages each. Sweet, sour, childish, mature, scary, funny.... all tossed in a kaleidoscope!......more