Time Stops at Shamli and Other Stories

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Penguin Books, 1989 - Fiction - 180 pages

An Enchanting Collection Of Stories From The Little-Known Heartland Of India

Ruskin Bond&Rsquo;S Characters&Mdash;Who Live For The Most Part In The Country&Rsquo;S Small Towns And Villages&Mdash;Are Not The Sort Who Make The Headlines But Are, Nonetheless, Remarkable For Their Quiet Heroism, Their Grace Under Pressure And The Manner In Which They Continue To Cleave To The Old Values: Honesty, Fidelity, A Deep-Rooted Faith In God, Family And Their Neighbour. They Do Have Problems, Of Course&Mdash;The Sudden Death Of A Loved Parent, Unfulfilled Dreams, Natural Calamities, Ghostly Visitations, A Respected Teacher Gone Crooked, Strangers Who Make A Nuisance Of Themselves In A Town Marooned In Time&Mdash;But These Are Solved With A Minimum Of Fuss And Tremendous Dignity. Taken Together These Stories Are A Magnificent Evocation Of Real India By One Of The Country&Rsquo;S Foremost Writers.
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Contents

Introduction
9
Time Stops at Shamli
35
Most Beautiful
67
Copyright

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About the author (1989)

Born in Kasauli in 1934, Ruskin Bond is an Indian children's author of British descent. He has written more than forty books for children and is the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan.

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