So I am putting this comment in just to clean up my 'currently-reading' shelf.'Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra' is not a book one reads to finish, I suppose. I've read all stories in this book, if that is what is meant by finishing this book. But I have been reading this for the last couple of years. I take this book with me to train rides and to long queues and to airport waiting areas, and turn a couple of pages when I feel like. It's that kind of readily-accessible, everyday magic.Currently-rea...

touched the deepest core of my heart!

What an amazing collection of heart warming short stories it was! Semi- biographical in nature, this book is about Ruskin Bond’s experiences from his life.I always prefer fiction over non fiction, but this book is an exception.Each story is crisp yet so deep. I couldn’t take my smile off from my face while reading the entire book. It made me placid and drenched me with a mysterious sense of serenity. Every ounce of human emotion has been put by the author into the stories. Every story was simple...

Really loved this collection of stories having so much of variety. Every story incites emotion of a different category - loss of a parent, returning back to a city after decades, grandpa's pets, wisdom, reminiscing childhood friendships and partners in crime.All of them stamped with Bond's signature simplistic langauge and oozing with love for nature.You just can't escape that smile on your face when you encounter those known characters and references from his web of other stories :) :) :)My per...

What can I say? Scarcely had I started the book when I reached the end! It was impossible to let go and now that it's finished I do indeed have a sense of emptiness. As is usual he deftly touched our heart effortlessly... the anecdotes set in new India and the old. His apparent deep love for nature and the simple(well not always!) hill folk is evident as is his skill in almost careless insertion of wit (and to no small extent philosophy) in the stories.This book, like all others, is worth every

Simple yet profound. This book brought back so many wonderful memories of Dehra and Pauri... sigh!

Short autobiographical stories set in the foothills of Himalayas – nature, nostalgia and idyllic life.

Not a review, but I was too happy to have read about Toto, the monkey, again after many many years. Felt like I had been transported to my old classroom as we turned into peels of laughter reading about Toto's antics.

I always like the writings of Ruskin Bond especially when he talk about his life and about the mountains. I am also a lover of nature like him. Regarding this book, i can simply say that it is masterpiece of his work. Very nice collection of stories from his life. Some are serious, some are thought provoking and some are humorous. I like this book. I gave 5 out 0f 5 to it. MUST READ.

Finally! I completed this beautiful collection of short stories. Every story had something different to offer, one invoked sadness, another had burst me into laughter and yet another took me straight to the hills.I always love his narration style and subtle humour. Some of my favourite stories from this book are :-Escape from JavaUntouchableComing Home to Dehra Calypso Christmas As time goes byThe bar that time forgotFrom small beginnings

FIRST IMPRESSION: The book was small, comfortably small. The print was small and had very less paragraph spacing, but all those minor issues did not matter. The mere excitement of holding a Ruskin Bond book, a gift at that, compensated for just about every thing. I found faults, those that I will carefully record here, but then the overall effect of a fan girl did not fade. The majestic cover, of a tree silhouette against a darkening twilit sky was the perfect cover for the book. REVIEW: Some bo...

This book is filled with fourteen short stories that are autobiographical in nature from the author’s childhood. All the stories are set in the hills of Dehradun where the author has spent his childhood. Ruskin bond is the only author who can describe nature in such a beautiful style. Check this website about 40 Best Ruskin Bond Books!!!https://dailybugle.in/ruskin-bond-boo...

Vintage Ruskin. Fantastic characters, fantastic stories made alive by Ruskin’s easy-flowing prose. I stopped and smiled at several places reliving my own childhood memories one more time.

I hadn't heard of this writer until I got to India and I'm surprised he is not more well known. Lovely stories set in Northern India a decade or so before independence told from the point of view of a British boy born and raised in India. The time period is unique in that this is not really colonial literature about rather set right before the end of India as a British colony.

I like people who read booksI like people, a little more, who love to read Ruskin Bond .But the thing I like most is to sit near my apartment Window and read a Ruskin Bond book myself and feel nostalgic , remembering all those time I spent with my friends and remember my beautiful village near the sea And if there is a milkshake to go by Its Christmas :DAbout this particular book ,well this is Ruskin bond at his best .you don't believe me ?Then how about the fact 'this is the book for which Bond...

Our trees still grow in Dehra is a beautiful collection of short stories. These short stories are from Ruskin Bond's own life. Ruskin Bond is India's beloved author who never fails to put a smile on my face. These short stories are full of joy and uplifting. The author grew up in the mountains and his love for the mountains and nature and simple life showed through in this. The writing was simple yet profound. 4.5 stars

Such a comfortable soothing book. Ruskin bond takes me to the hills and to my childhood every time! His personal stories in this book written so vividly and heartfelt makes me want to meet him. There is something relatable for everyone in almost every story! Makes me feel that we can see beauty and a story in almost every so called mundane thing in life. Very uplifting!

I am a fan! And I have solid grounds for it! This book like any other of Ruskin Bond's books focusses on the rather simple ways of life. The raw happiness felt around nature and all those tiny events that he has grown around and with. Small things that make life up! And also, now i know y his autobiography is called "lone fox dancing". An amazing experience as usual.

Our Trees Still Grow In Dehra is a collection of 16 short stories by Ruskin Bond. This semi-autobiographical work contains stories from the author's life from his childhood to the present. The book beautifully narrates the incidents that the author experienced in his life and the time he spent in touch with nature. The memories he shared about his childhood friends, grandparents and pets at their home, the changing picture of their town with progressing time give a feeling of nostalgia. A story

A cheerful read!