A Flight of Pigeons by Ruskin Bond

“Secretly, I have always hoped that he succeeded in escaping. Looking back on those months when we were his prisoners, I cannot help feeling a sneaking admiration for him. He was very wild and muddle-headed, and often cruel, but he was also very handsome and gallant, and there was in him a streak of nobility which he did his best to conceal”

These lines are from one of the classic from Rusikin bond and this lines shows the romanticism of a British girl Ruth Labadoor towards a Javed Khan.The book is set in Shahjahanpur, a small town 250 miles east of Delhi in India, during the revolt of 1857 against the British.Ruth and her mother Mariam with a few other surviving members of her family get forcibly abducted by Javed Khan.Javed Khan wanted to marry Ruth but her mother pursued him to wait till the result of revolt,the book follows the life and condition of Ruth.

The main theme in the book is how the defenseless members of an English family is protected by Hindu and Muslim families and later Sikh soldiers from the Indian rebels as they move from one house to another, one village to another till they reach their English relatives.

A great book to read about the time and duration of first fight against British and how humanity shows it’s face in that tough conditions.Ruskin bond introduce the theme of book in 2002,“In retelling the tale for today’s reader I attempted to bring out the common humanity of most of the people involved–for in times of conflict and inter-religious or racial hatred, there are always a few (just a few) who are prepared to come to the aid of those unable to defend themselves.”

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