The Penguin Book of Indian Railway Stories
- Publisher : Penguin Random House
- Publishing year : October 2021
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9780140240665
- Imprint : Penguin Books
- Age Group : Young Reader
- Language : English
The stories in this collection capture the essence of the Indian Railways-from the small-town station, at the time of th ...
The stories in this collection capture the essence of the Indian Railways-from the small-town station, at the time of the Raj, to the present day big-city station bursting at the seams. The teeing and varied life of the Indian Railway station and its environs have fascinated writers from Jules Verne in the 1870s to more recently Satyajit Ray, R.K. Laxman and more modern writers. In this anthology, one of India's best-known writers makes a selection of greatest railway stories the subcontinent has produced.
Ruskin Bond is the author of several bestselling novels and collections of short stories, essays and poems.
Ruskin Bond was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1999, a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Delhi government in 2012 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.
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