ONCE YOU HAVE LIVED WITH MOUNTAINS

‘Walking home at midnight in
Landour can be quite eventful… I have smelled a leopard without seeing it. I
have seen jackals on the prowl. I have watched foxes dance in the moonlight.
I have seen flying squirrels flit from one treetop to another. I have listened
to the calls of nightjars, owls and other birds who live by night.’The smell
of pines, the sound of birds, the singing of hill people, the sound of a
river flowing through a valley—these are some of the pleasant things that
greet you once you are in the mountains. For decades, Ruskin Bond has lived
in the Himalayas and this book is a delightful collection of his
reminiscences and anecdotes about his life there. Filled with vibrant and
beautiful descriptions of places, this one is for every mountain and nature
lover.