a book of short stories about life in
india,the night
train to
deoli will transport its reader to an earthy,romantic india alive with the musky smell of rain sodden soil,dusty paths tresspassing through mustard fields and the warmth of village bustle .ruskin bond brings to life early to mid last century with tales of travel, romance,nostalgia and aspirationruskin bond's writing is always gentle but the night train to deoli has the ability to touch each individual reader in a unique way.the title story is about young man traveling by a train which makes a five minute midnight stop at an almost deserted deoli
station. 'a
beautiful girl selling flowers approaches his window and he is enchanted by her serenity..he notices that she is
blind and thinks to ask her her name but in that moment of hesitation the train moves on and the opportunity is lost.the young man throughout his journey,dreams of the beautiful blind flower girl and realises that he has fallen in love.he returns repeatedly to deoli station to look for her but never finds her again.
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