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From one of India’s best known authors, Ghost Stories From The Raj is a collection of stories about ghosts that existed and moved about the country during the British Raj and were seen or felt by Britishers or travellers during the period. Summary Of The Book Ghost Stories From The Raj contains stories of ghosts that roamed about in the country during the 19th and the 20th century. A treat for lovers of ghost tales, the speciality of the book is that it has stories about all kinds of ghosts, funny, miserable, and scary. However, one thing common about all these ghosts is that they are all entertaining in their own respective rights. In the book, the author has compiled ghost stories from all over the world. He believes that since ghosts do not require any passport, they can turn up anywhere unexpectedly. The author, therefore, through this book presents the picture of a haunted world as seen through the eyes of outsiders, before independence. His interest in ghost stories was aroused after he read Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary written by M. R. James. The book was published on the fiftieth anniversary of Ruskin Bond’s first book. It includes stories like The Old Graveyard at Sirur, The Return Of Imray, Caulfield's Crime, Chunia, The Men Tigers, Haunted Villages, The Summoning Of Arnold, Panther People, and The Pool. About Ruskin Bond Ruskin Bond is an extremely well known and respected face in the world of books. One of the most popular children’s authors in the country, he began his career as a writer with his first novel, The Room On The Roof, at the age of seventeen. Other books by the author are A Flight Of Pigeons, Our Trees Still Grow In Dehra, Time Stops At Shamli, A Little Night Music, Roads To Mussoorie, Rain In The Mountains and The Blue Umbrella. Currently a resident of Mussoorie, he won several awards, including the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize for his first book in 1957. He has over 500 short stories and several essays to his credit. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award For English Writing for his short story collection, Our Trees Still Grow In Dehra. He was awarded the highest civilian award of the country, the Padma Shri, for his contribution to children’s novels in 1999.