Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas

Rain In The Mountains: Notes From The Himalayas is a collection of semi-autobiographical writings of the eminent writer Ruskin Bond about his life at home in Mussoorie.

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Rain In The Mountains: Notes From The Himalayas brings together some of Ruskin Bond's most beautiful works from his years spent at the foothills of the Himalayas in the town of Mussoorie.

These are musings on his natural habitat, scenes from his daily life, in both prose and poetry. Though written in a simple language, they manage to create vivid imagery and capture the essence of mountain life. Some of his writings that are featured in the book are Once Upon A Mountain Time, Sounds I Like To Hear, How Far Is The River, and After The Monsoon.

Rain In The Mountains: Notes From The Himalayas covers the everyday life of the author with descriptive words and lucid writing.

CONTENTS

SECTION I - ONCE UPON A MOUNTAIN TIME

Once Upon A Mountain Time

Voting at Barlowganj

Miss Bun and Others

A Station for Scandal

It Must be the Mountains (Play)

SECTION II - MOUNTAINS IN MY BLOOD

How Far is the River

Four Boys on a Glacier

Growing up with Trees

Mountains in my Blood

A Mountain Stream

A Lime Tree in the Hills

A New Flower

The Joy of Flower

Sounds I like to Hear

Dragon in the Tunnel

Hill of the Fairies

The Open Road

These I Have Loved

A Dream of Gardens

A Sweet Savour

Great Trees I Have Known

Picninc at Fox-Burn

A Wayside Teashop

All About my Walkabouts

Great Spirits of the Trees

Birdsong in the Mountains

Meetings on the Tehri Road

Guests who Fly in from the Forest

Up at Sisters Bazaar

SECTION III - NOTES BY THE WAYSIDE

SECTION IV - MOUNTAINS ARE KIND TO WRITERS

In Search of a Winter Garden

The Old Lama

The Night Roof Blew Off

Mountains are Kind to Writers

Best of All Windows

A Knock at the Door

Sounds of the Sea

All My Writing Days

The Trail to the Bank

Where the Grass Grows Greener

Better to Have a Bird in a Bush

Coaxing a Garden from Himalyan Soil

Where Rivers Meet

After the Monsoon

The Road to Anjani Sain

SECTION V - TIME TO CLOSE THE WINDOW

Epilogue

Subject
biographytravel
Themes
nature
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 230 pages

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