The Night Train At Deoli

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788184754414

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The Night Train at Deoli by Ruskin Bond Pdf

An enchanting collection of stories from the heartland of India Ruskin Bond’s simple characters, living amidst the lush forests of the Himalayan foothills, are remarkable for their quiet heroism, courage and grace, and age-old values of honesty and fidelity. Residents of nondescript villages and towns, they lead lives that are touched by natural beauty as well as suffering—the loss of a loved parent, unfulfilled dreams, natural calamities, ghostly visitations, a respected teacher turned crooked, strangers who make a nuisance of themselves—which only reinforces their abiding faith in God, family and neighbour. Told in Bond’s distinctive style, these stories are a magnificent evocation of an India that may be fast disappearing.

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Ind-Us
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 0892530278

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Love is a Sad Song by Ruskin Bond Pdf

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2000-10-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788184754605

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Penguin Book Of Indian Railway Stories by Ruskin Bond Pdf

The stories in this collection capture the essence of the Indian Railways - from the small-town station, at the time of the Raj, to the present day big-city station bursting at the seams. The teening and varied life of the Indian Railway station and its environs have fascinated writers from Jules Verne in the 1870s to more recently Satyajit Ray, R.K. Laxman and more modern writers. In this anthology, one of India's best-known writers makes a selection of greattest railway stories the subcontinent has produced. Julese Verne Rudyard Kipling Flora Annie Steel Hon. J.W. Best Jim Corbett Khushwant Singh Ruskin Bond Manoj Das Intizar Husain Satyajit Ray Bill Aitkin R.K. Laxman Victor Banerjee Manojit Mitra.

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9788184753875

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Mr Oliver's Diary by Ruskin Bond Pdf

A gun-toting, violin-playing headmaster A homicidal barber A hungry leopard and about a hundred frogs on the loose Boys with a talent for pranks and jokes Mr Oliver, a history teacher, arrives in Simla with a trainload of hungry boys to start a new term at the prep school. As he records the antics of the amazing characters there, and all that they get up to, we quickly realize that there is never a dull moment. A fire, a missing Headmaster and runaway students make sure that not a day goes by when Mr Oliver has nothing to report in his diary. He writes about the eccentric teachers, the girls’ school next door and the lovely Anjali Ramola, whom he secretly admires. Laugh-out-loud funny, with a core of old-world charm that is trademark Bond, Mr Oliver’s Diary has stories and characters that have never appeared anywhere before. With his runaway wig, pet shrew and endearing dry wit, Mr Oliver is sure to become as well-loved as those other vintage Ruskin Bond characters, Uncle Ken and Rusty.

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Rupa Publication
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9353041511

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The Great Train Journey by Ruskin Bond Pdf

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788184754650

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Time Stops at Shamli by Ruskin Bond Pdf

This volume brings together the best of Ruskin Bond’s prose and poetry. For over four decades, by way of innumerable novels, essays, short stories and poems, the author has mapped out and peopled a unique literary landscape. This anthology has selections from all of his major books and includes the classic novella Delhi Is Not Far.

Author : Martin Amis
Publisher : Random House
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781446401514

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Night Train by Martin Amis Pdf

A sharp twist on the noir genre from one of England’s finest fiction writers 'I worked one hundred murders,' says Detective Mike Hoolihan, an American policewoman. 'In my time I have come in on the aftermath of maybe a thousand suspicious deaths, most of which turned out to be suicides, accidentals or plain unattendeds. So I've seen them all: jumpers, stumpers, dumpers, dunkers, bleeders, floaters, poppers, bursters. But of all the bodies I have ever seen none has stayed with me, in my gut, like the body of Jennifer Rockwell. I say all this because I am part of the story I am going to tell, and I feel the need to give you some idea of where I'm coming from.' Night Train is a mystery story which lingers in the reader's mind even after Mike Hoolihan declares the case closed. ‘Tough, noir, Chandleresque’ Independent ‘Night Train is both delicate and bruising - a long drawn-out blue note. The book hangs around in the mind like smoke in a jazz club’ Telegraph Magazine

Author : Joy Ma,Dilip D'Souza
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781529048865

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The Deoliwallahs by Joy Ma,Dilip D'Souza Pdf

Humanly compelling, beautifully told ... brings to light a forgotten chapter of Indian history, one we need to remember in these troubled times' PRATAP BHANU MEHTA '[Joy Ma and Dilip D'Souza] have seamlessly woven together historical facts with personal stories about how the Chinese- Indians lost the country of their birth' YIN MARSH The untold account of the internment of 3,000 Chinese-Indians after the 1962 Sino-Indian War. Just after the Sino-Indian War of 1962, about 3,000 Chinese-Indians were sent to languish in a disused World War II POW camp in Deoli, Rajasthan, marking the beginning of a painful five-year-long internment without resolution. At a time of war with China, these ‘Chinese-looking’ people had fallen prey to government suspicion and paranoia which soon seeped into the public consciousness. This is a page of Indian history that comes wrapped in prejudice and fear, and is today largely forgotten. But over five decades on, survivors of the internment are finally starting to tell their stories. As several Indian communities are once again faced with discrimination, The Deoliwallahs records these untold stories through extensive interviews with seven survivors of the Deoli internment. Through these accounts, the book recovers a crucial chapter in our history, also documenting for the first time how the Chinese came to be in India, how they made this country their home and became a significant community, until the war of 1962 brought on a terrible incarceration, displacement and tragedy.

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9788184750515

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BOOK OF HUMOUR by Ruskin Bond Pdf

A delectable offering from a writer who not only knows how to make us laugh but also knows how to laugh at himself Playful tigers; ‘ghosts’; elephants; crows and old favourites like Uncle Ken; Miss Bun; the author’s slightly eccentric grandfather and Bond himself weave in and out of the pages of this wildly eclectic; thoroughly delightful and absolutely irresistible anthology featuring previously unpublished pieces like ‘Respect Your Breakfast’ and ‘Uncle Ken Goes to Sea’ as well as beloved classics from Bond’s books. Marked by the signature charm and subtle wit of one of India’s best-loved writers; Ruskin Bond’s Book of Humour; will make even the hardened among us crack a smile.

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9788184754490

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Rusty the Boy from the Hills by Ruskin Bond Pdf

Rusty is a quiet, imaginative and sensitive boy who lives with his grandparents in pre-Independence Dehra Dun. Though he is not the adventurous himself, the strangest and most extraordinary things keep happening around him. The house in Dehra is full of strange creatures. Rusty has to deal with everything from his grandfather’s pet python to the ever-inventive Uncle Ken. Visiting his father in wartime Java, Rusty narrowly escapes enemy bombardment, and survives a plane crash in the Arabian Sea. Back in India, he spends his time encountering a ghost in the garden and recreating his grandmother’s youthful days from an old photograph. Then, something totally unexpected happens and Rusty is forced to leave Dehra, his future uncertain ... This volume of Rusty stories, the first in a series, traces Rusty’s development from early childhood to his early teens and is a riveting read for younger and older children alike.

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Ratna Sagar
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : India
ISBN : 8170703123

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Tigers Forever by Ruskin Bond Pdf

This is a collection of poems and stories by Ruskin Bond. It is a refreshing blend of nature and adventure, mystery and suspense, humour and fantasy.

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788184754452

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Penguin Book Of Indian Ghost Stories by Ruskin Bond Pdf

From Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling to Satyajit Ray and R. K. Narayan, this text is a collection of spine-chilling tales of the supernatural from India.

Author : Liselotte Erdrich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131883360

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Night Train by Liselotte Erdrich Pdf

The most exciting addition to American Indian fiction since Sherman Alexie hit the scene.

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Rupa Publication
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9353040469

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The Coral Tree by Ruskin Bond Pdf

Collection of fourteen fictional and autobiographical short stories.

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Rupa Publications
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9382277544

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Small Towns, Big Stories by Ruskin Bond Pdf

'It is easier to know people in small places. Sometimes you can't help knowing them. Like the boy who walks four miles to school; or the elderly gentleman who is up every morning at five o'clock, taking his morning walk (tap-tap-tap, I hear his walking stick below my window); or that busy little woman gathering firewood for the winter; or the man from the nursery who sells me a potted geranium and ends up telling me the story of his life... So many stories waiting to be told! And, as I have discovered, small towns may be smaller than cities, and there may be fewer people living in them, but the stories they provide a writer with are big, they contain worlds upon worlds within them.'