Great Stories for Children Rs.65 http://www.amazon.in/Great-Stories-Children-Ruskin-Bond/dp/8129118920 Great Stories for Children is a collection of some of Ruskin Bond’s most delightful children’s stories. It stars Toto, the monkey, who takes a fancy to the narrator’s aunt, much to her dismay, a python besotted by his own appearance, a mischievous ghost who enjoys stirring up the house when things get dull, three young children stranded in a storm on the Haunted Hilland Ruskin Bond himself, who happens to make the acquaintance of a ghost at a resort late one night.
The Sialkot Saga Paperback @Rs 105 Worth Rs 350 http://www.amazon.in/Sialkot-Saga-Ashwin-Sanghi/dp/9385724061 Set in post Independence India, the storyline of Sialkot Saga is about a business rivalry between two men Arbaaz and Arvind that takes off when a train leaking blood arrives in Sialkot during the post partition murderous riots. The train was only carrying the dead, slaughtered by a mad communal fury till someone noticed signs of life in one of the bodies in the train. From there on the story moves between Bombay and Calcutta, with interjections of scenes from Indian history Contemporary history is juxtaposed with besides historical contexts, the theme of rags to riches for partition riot refugees is woven with a lot of details of the days after independence creeping into the narrative. Much of the story revolves around the lives of the two central protagonists but one is a little surprised to find known personalities like former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee figure in what is a fiction story.
