Potpourri is a riveting medley of short stories and poems. If there is a writer who can write easy-to-read yet compelling stories, that one is Ruskin Bond. This particular book covers twenty-three short stories and five poems. Poems are ordinary; however the stories seem to have been gathered from an array of genres: from stories of danger and adventure to horror to romance and so on. It is a multi-themed book. Often Ruskin Bond is famous for writing about hilly people and their cultures; on a positive side, this book covers Java, Batavia, Shilong, Shimla, Burma and son on with an enchanting élan. Many stories are short, one can finish up in just one go and a few are lengthy ones – dole out the feeling of reading a novella. Our Great Escape tells a tale about two aloof friends spending their time in a boarding school at Shimla. Just after independence when the country witnesses partition, they part away unwittingly, and the rhythm of their innocent friendship breaks reckle...
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