Ghost Stories from the Raj

Ruskin Bond's readers range from nine to ninety. And if there are such things as ghosts there are probably a few who are reading him in the spirit world!

Over the years Bond's interest in the Supernatural has led him to collect ghost stories from all over the world. As he says in his Introduction, "Ghosts don't require passports. They can turn up without papers in the most unexpected places!" In this collection he presents a Picture of a 'haunted India' as seen and described by British writers, officials and travellers during the 19lh and 20th centuries. Some ghosts are scary, some sad and some funny. All are entertaining.

It is fifty years since Ruskin Bond published his first story. He celebrates the occasion with this anthology.

Ruskin Bond, resident of Mussoorie, is a well-known writer of Fiction and a raconteur par excellence. His Tales and Legends from India, Angry River, Strange Men, Strange Places, The Blue Umbrella, A Long Walk for Bina and Hanuman to the Rescue are also available in Rupa paperback. The Ruskin Bond Children's Omnibus has been a firm favorite with young readers for several years.

Introduction by Ruskin Bond

1. The Wondrous Narrative of John Cambell Gunfounder to the Mogul Emperors, (1669-70)
2. The Men-Tigers It. Col. W.H. Sleeman (1844)
3. Haunted Villages It. Col. W.H. Sleeman (1844)
4. The Return of Imray Rudyard Kipling (1891)
5. The Summoning of Arnold Alice Penin (1926)
6. Chunia, Ayah Alice Perrin (1926)
7. Caulfield's Crime Alice Pcrrin (1926)
8. A Ghost in Burma Gerald T. Tail (1928)
9. 'There are more things A Tale of the Malabar Jungles H. W. Dennys (1930)
10. The Aryan Smiles J. War Km and N. Rlenman (1933)
11. Panther People C.A. Ktncaid (1936)
12. The Old Graveyard at Sirur C.A. Ktncaid (1936)
13. The Munjia C.A. Kincaid (1936)
14. The Pool John Eylon (1922)