Time Stops At Shamli & Other Stories

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. About the Author Ruskin Bond's first novel The Room on the Roof written when he was seventeen won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novels (including Vagrants in the Valley A Flight of Pigeons and Delhi Is Not Far) essays poems and children's books many of which have been published by Penguin India.He has also written over 500 short stories and articles that have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993 and the Padma Shri in 1999.