The Great Train journey (A Collection of stories)

  A beautiful short story collection authored by Ruskin Bond. There are thirteen stories, all are filled with train journeys. It is not only about journeys. It's all about what makes a journey for children and adults alike. Sleepy and small railway stations, tunnels, surrounding forests, small towns, people with their usual errands and an enchanting tale telling would make us linger in those places. All stories created from everyday happenings. Yet, we see something witty and life around us. Time stops at Shamili is the lengthy story comparing to other ones.

How a lone watchman who guards tunnel railway tracks amidst the dense forest is portrayed in the story of Dragon in the tunnel. Felt mesmerized and enjoined with him in his works. His salary is meagre but he does it out of love towards the work. Sometimes, wild animals like leopards would take rest in the darkness of tunnels, but the watchman with the help his lamp drove them out because the leopards would be run over by the train. As they both see each other regularly, leopard behaves also friendly.

And all other stories like Snake trouble, The night train at Deoli, Belting around Mumbai, going home, the long day, the woman on the platform no:8 are enjoyable while reading. We become children in some situations and happier about our past incidents. Ruskin Bond's style of writing is unique in everyway. His microscopic view makes us amazing while insects, animals and other creatures were portrayed in a simple yet realistic way. Weaving an interesting story out of a small incident or no incident needs a masterful mind. I constantly draw inspiration from Ernest Hemingway and Ruskin Bond in this regard.

----- Murthy Kvvs

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Creative ways to involve kids with you

 Story telling is the best way to involve kids with us. Deep down, every one of us a story teller with some stories to tell. But very few people has ability to make it an interesting one. What makes a story interesting in the first place ? Clarity and no confusion in a teller. That's what the important quality needed. See, all enchanting story tellers are confident in their work. With that every thing follows, like making it gripping and thrilling in nature. The easier the language , the better. We need to be down to earth. Then only the listener ,importantly kids get connected.

And next, drawing is also the best way to get kids involved. Picaso once said that every child is a painter by birth. It sounds unusual but which will be proved correct if we do a small experiment. Provide color pencils and papers to some children. They grab them without any second thought. And start drawing whatever they have in their minds. With great conviction, they do it. All their drawings have some beauty as they are their brain children. With that habit, they will grow in imagination richly.

The both creative ways mentioned above are my all time favorites in the matter of kids to involve with.

----- Murthy Kvvs

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3 Ways you can add diversity to your stories

 #Reality

To add diversity to my story, I prefer reality. Why should we add reality..? to make others believe us. Yes, in one sense, it may sound hyperbolic and too good to trust. But when we go to have real thrust or make sincere effort the thing of reality give us moral courage. By which only our story become reliable to the world outside. Reality could change person to person, yet, which has some relatability to all.

#Imagination

Imagination is the key to open any door. As of now, we all might have heard or listened some hundreds of stories. If we see it keenly, there were very few important elements but each one could have influenced us in its own way. That's what the power of imagination. All popular writers have this unique quality immensely. Even they used to say the same story in different colors and that will make us feel differently.

#Newness

Some new things to add is inevitable to make our stories diverse. Reader should not fed up with our age old techniques. There must be variety of things to intrigue with. Be it story telling way or factual collection or whatever, it should have some newness to appeal. Diversity is important in all things of life, then only adding it to our stories is possible.

----- Murthy Kvvs

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