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12 Wonderful Stories By Ruskin Bond You Should Read At Least Once
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Charged with obscenity when it was rst published, this novella is an erotic tale ofa man’s sexual awakening and eventual surrender to his libido. 2. The Night Train At Deoli Image source The story of the rst love of a college student for a young girl selling baskets atDeoli station, this one remains a pioneer of college love stories. 3. The Cherry Tree
Image source This is a gripping tale of a very brave man Baldeo, who single handedly takes downa tiger to protect his child. 5. Time Stops At Shamli
Image source This story tells the lives of people in a small hill station Shamli, depicted throughthe eyes of an outsider. 6. Susanna’s 7 husbands
Image source The story of Arun, an Urdu pulp ction writer who falls in love with a sex-workerand hopes to escape to Delhi, the land where dreams come true. 8. The Room On The Roof
Image source Depicting the story of Rusty, a young orphaned boy, this one was written by Ruskinbond when he was only 17, and has a lot of elements from his life. 9. Death Of The Trees
Image source This tale is about a blue umbrella that a little girl acquires, which brings out thedesires and vices and eventually the best in people. 11. A Flight Of Pigeons
Image source One of the mutiny novellas, this one is set during the sepoy mutiny of 1857 andtells the story of British Ruth Labadoor and her family who are desperately tryingto escape being killed, after Ruth’s father was murdered by the mutineers. 12. When Darkness Falls