A Town Called Dehra

In this delightful collection; Ruskin Bond introduces us to the Dehradun he knows intimately and loves unreservedly?the town that he had spent many years of his childhood and youth in. A town which; when he knew it; was one of pony-drawn tongas and rickshaws; a town fond of gossip but tolerant of human foibles; a town of lush lichi trees; charming winter gardens and cool streams; a small town; a sleepy town; a town called ?Dehra?.

With classic stories and poems like ?Masterji?; ?Growing up with Trees?and ?A Song for Lost Friends? and previously unpublished treasures like ?Silver Screen?; ?Dilaram Bazaar? and ?Lily of the Valley?; this anthology is replete with journal entries; extracts from the author?s memoirs and; of course; poetry; non-fiction and stories set in or inspired by Dehra.

Evocative; wistful and witty as only Ruskin Bond can be; A Town Called Dehra is a celebration of a dearly-loved town as well as an elegy for a way of life gone extinct.