THE CHAKRATA CAT

As the light came on, I saw
the cat standing at the foot of the bed, tail erect and hair on end. It was
very angry. And then…its appearance changed and its head was that of a
human—a woman, black-browed with flaring nostrils and large crooked ears, her
lips full and drenched with blood—my blood!This is a collection of some of
Ruskin Bond’s most pithy short stories ranging from eerie suspense to
touching empathy. There’s a bloodthirsty cat in a colonial rest house; an
uncle who carries a vial of deadly arsenic with him; a mysterious woman whose
seven husbands have disappeared one after another; and the touching tales of
animals in the wilderness and their lonely struggle for survival against
humans.Captivating and addictive, The Chakrata Cat will keep you enthralled
till the end.