This short
poem by Ruskin Bond challenges the common superstition of people – do you
believe in ghosts? Well, many may believe and many may not. That’s a personal
thought. However, through this poem he presents an encounter with a ghost on a
railway platform. The irony of the poem is that the ghost itself is asking
about ghosts to the narrator. Well, when the narrator tries to sound rational,
he gets the shock of his life.
‘Do You
Believe in Ghosts?’
Asked the
passenger
On platform
number three.
‘I am a
rational man,’ said I,
‘I believe in
what I can see –
Your hands,
your feet, your beard!’
‘Then look
again,’ said he,
And promptly
disappeared!
By Ruskin Bond
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