Although the India of Kim is no more and the Grand Trunk Road is now a procession of trucks instead of a slow moving caravan of horses and camels India is still a country in which people are easily lost and quickly forgotten. Did you know that Delhi was half its present size in the 1940s and 50s? Can you imagine a Dehradun with lush greenery with hardly any commercial places? Do you remember steam engines or have you ever sat in a train pulled by one?This book takes you back in time as Ruskin Bond relives his memories in timeless classics like Summertime in Old Delhi Bhabiji s House My Father s Trees in Dehra creating as only he can vignettes imbued with nostalgia. Add to these the punch of stories like A Station for Scandal the thrill of Picnic at Fox Burn and the surprise twist of The Eyes have It and you have a story for every moodThis collection of seventeen stories showcases Bond at his story telling best.