May 07, 2015 10:01 AM
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After a marathon of reading heavy books(by heavy I mean the ‘theme’ and not the weight/length) and a barrage of unpleasant news thrown at me via newspapers and television, I wanted to read something simple. Not light or funny necessarily, but ‘Simple’ that is devoid of any complex twist and turns. And Ruskin Bond’s The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories did the trick for me.
Ruskin Bond is a lovely English writer. He describes indian life and our country's natural beauties, in great detail with wonderful intricacy. His Rusty series for children was authentic and very meaningful. His books make you feel like you are close to him and he's whispering his thoughts, personal views to you. He paints beautiful pictures in your mind, making you literally live in the world of his words.
A simply excellent writer, one of my favorites!
Filled with 30 simple short stories, Ruskin Bond’s The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories is a compilation of some of his best work. The tales are a slice of life and an ode to the place & times Ruskin Bond grew up in. Most of the stories run into 2 or 3 pages.
The only piece of criticism for the book is the writer has used the same set of lines and description in two different stories(The Kitemaker & Sita and the River). A small error, though we can easily ignore it, as the positives are many!
Simple, concise, clean, and straight from heart! It can be enjoyed by children, young adults and adults – who want a moment of solace in our tumultuous, noisy world.
