One of my favourite Short stories are here!💕

Pretty decent writing about the kind of lives people have, in and around the author's hometown. Drunk off nostalgic reminiscences. Ruskin's a Magician.

"The mist has crept up the Valley and settled like a damp towel on the face of the mountain."TIME STOPS AT SHAMLI & OTHER STORIES written by Ruskin Bond is a book which describes about Indian and it's people through the eyes of Ruskin bond. This book contains many short stories which is set in the villages, bazaars, mountains etc of India, stories of curious or helpless boys, men who doesn't want to know what is outside his village, about women who marry without no love for the spouse, stories o...

A book very light hearted. Enjoyable if you do not seek heavy intellectual enrichment but does open your mind to the importance of "insignificant" things in life. Meant for children from ages 12-15.(in my opinion)

I have been guilty of judging Ruskin Bond by his short stories, which did not appeal to me very much. However, Time Stops at Shamli, his novella completely changed my outlook upon him. The writing style, the characters, everything has a beautiful aura about it and a reader must read such beautiful stories.

3.5One of the best assorted stories by Bond. The mixed collection includes romance, paranormal, horror, nostalgia, mystery and off course nature.A couple of stories (Time Stops at Shamli... He Said it with Arsenic) were mind blowing good.Most of these stories are autobiographical as mentioned in the Intro.Recommended for a an easy breezy read.

Although I have read few of stories in it already, before in The Coral Tree, it still seemed fun to read. My most favorite was of course Time Stops At Shamli. I adore that story, Ruskin Bond always make a good setting of the story with rain, forests and wind. The story was somehow like that of Pyjamas Are Forgiving, the way the protagonist meets his lost beloved in the only confined hotel of small town of Shamli. Slowly the familiarity with characters is gained and play vibrates with love, longi...

Some things will never change. For it isn’t time that’s passing by, my friend; it is you and I. This was a simple and beautiful collection of short stories set in a wide variety of places and revolving around the lives of a variety of different people. The descriptions of the places where the stories were set, both the cities and villages, were lucid and enchanting. The characters and their stories felt unique and real and made me emotional. Some stories were humorous; some were sad and nosta

There is a tinge of nostalgia in these tales. Ruskin Bond is a writer of simple, beautiful stories shimmering with loss, nostalgia, lived experience, ghosts of the past, altered memories... and the settings he finds for his tales - mountainous landscapes of Northern India - add to the whole experience. I feel that if you take the atmosphere away, there may not be much left to the stories, coz the narrative takes it cue from the backdrop. The unsaid dialogues linger somewhere in the fog-filled hi...

Anyone who has lived in Dehradun, India, and hasn't read Ruskin Bond, is missing out on so much that the beautiful Garhwal and Doon Valley have to offer. I got to know my valley intimately --- the tigers and cheetahs, the majestic eucalyptus and banyan trees, the rivers and streams, and the beautiful houses with sprawling orchards. I cherished the descriptions of small cities and villages that sometimes weren't even listed on the map, simply because I couldn't go on an exploratory journey myself...

One more Ruskin Bond collection with most of the stories making me falling in love with them. A few were average and one or two plain boring. Time Stops at Shamli the title story is the jewel in the crown. Next best comes Most Beautiful and He said it with Arsenic. Now an ardent admirer of Bond.. Our Trees grow in Dehra is beckoning me now but after a break so that I can savour the stories more..

Foremost; Shamli is my mother's hometown.There is a tinge of nostalgia in these tales.Anyone who has lived in India, and hasn't read Ruskin Bond, is missing out on so much! Ruskin Bond is a writer of simple, beautiful stories shimmering with loss, lived experience, ghosts of the past, altered memories...

beautifully written short stories with vibrant characters with whom I became friends. A good snapshot of small-town India.

Time Stops At Shamli by Ruskin Bond is a collection of 21 short stories. Each story different, each story refreshigly nostalgic and each story that stirs your heart and gives you something to think about in just about 4-5 pages.I've been wondering how do I review this book. A book that has been read and liked and already reviewed by many. What could I write that others have not written? After much thought, I felt I'll just pen down what it feels like to read a book by Ruskin Bond for the first t...

Loved the stories in the collection:Funeral 3.5/5The room of many colours 3.5/5Time stops at shamli 4.5/5 Most Beautiful 3.5/5 The last truck ride 3/5The fight 5/5The tunnel 3/5The Summer season 3/5Going Home 3/5Masterji 3/5Listen to the wind 3.5/5The Haunted Bicycle 4/5Dead Man's gift 3.5/5Whispering in the Dark 3/5He said it with Arsenic 4/5The most potent medicine of all 3/5Hanging at the mango tope 3/5Eyes of the cat 5/5 A crow for all seasons 3/5A tiger in the house 3.5/5Tiger, Tiger Burnin...

It's always so soothing to read Bond ! ♥️

The book comprises of many short stories and bunch of novellas. IMO the short stories were a bit dry and my attention would often falter. But the novellas more than made up for that. The name of the book is taken from one of the novellas and that novella was just OMG AMAZING. It will make you feel amazing feelings like sweet nostalgia, lust, passion, desire, pity, melancholy, and many others. You will be transported to that world and just like the person in the story you would not want to leave

‘The skin cannot change the eyes; the eyes are the true reflection of a man’s age and sensibilities; even a blind man has hidden eyes.’Time stops at Shamli and other stories is a collection of 21 short stories, written by Ruskin Bond depicting about the timelessness of the small town and its people. He wrote in the light of his own experiences and the impressions he found about things and people he came across, are reflected in his works. He takes up serious themes for his stories but they are n...

Amazing collection of stories..

A few more gems from the beloved Ruskin Bond...My favourite story in this collection is Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright. Before I read this story if anybody asked me to summarize Ruskin Bond's works I would say that the author writes very insightful stories about different human characters and nature.However in this story, the author drives home a very important point that man is a part and parcel of nature, and not a counterpart of nature.The story toggles seamlessly between a tiger and the villag...