The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories

Résumé

One story in the book is about a blind man, who is on a train to Dehradun. A girl enters his coupe and starts talking to him. He pretends that he is not blind and can see everything. He starts enjoying her company. He realizes that soon her stop would come and she will have to leave. He feels lost as he will never be able to know what she looked like, her hairstyle or the shade of color in her eyes. Or will he? Another story is about a gardener named Dukhi has been ordered by his Major Saab to cover a well. The well, however, holds very tender memories for Dukhi. He reminisces the times when his old master still used to be alive. When Major Saab returns, he notices that the well had not been covered up yet. The stories are mostly set in the hills and mountains of North India. This book is a splendid anthology of stories about the lives of everyday people. Ruskin Bond has a certain charm in his writing that makes readers love his stories. All the stories in the book depict a kind-hearted portrayal of loss, love, pain, accomplishment and struggle.