THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN

'I thought of running away with Kamla. When I mentioned it to her, her eyes lit up. She thoughtit would be great fun. Women in love can be more reckless than men! But I had read too manystories about runaway marriages ending in disaster, and I lacked the courage to go through withsuch an adventure. I must have known instinctively that it would not work. Where would we go,and how would we live? There would be no home to crawl back to, for either of us.'Seldom do we come across a person who leaves behind an impression on our very being. Call itbeing enamoured or moved, the memories we shared with them can catch us unawares even yearsdown the line. It is not for the world to decipher what bond we shared and nurtured with them, orhow real or surreal it was. This is our secret alone, meant to be kept close to the heart.In The Girl on the Train, we see tales of longing and lost bonds being traced again in Ruskin Bond'ssimplistic narration. With these stories, you might once again walk down the memory lane of allthose cherished moments gone by.