A Critical Appraisal of Ruskin Bond’s ‘The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories’

Ruskin Bond’s ‘The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories’ with 30 simple short stories is a compilation of some of his best work. The tales are a slice of life and an ode to the place & times Ruskin Bond grew up in. Primarily set in Mussorie, Dehradun and Shimla, where Bond has spend a good part of his life ( he still lives in Mussorie), his love for the hills, nature and the people living there clearly reflects in his writing. The central theme of all the stories in Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories is ‘Love’ in some shape.