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In The Umbrella, Ruskin Bond's short and humorous novella, Binya acquires a beautiful blue umbrella in exchange for her lucky leopard's claw pendant. The umbrella is described as a great blue flower that had sprung up on the dry brown hillside. Set in the picturesque hills of... Read Full Overview

'The Umbrella was like a flower, a great blue flower that had sprung up on the dry brown hillside.'In exchange for her lucky leopard's claw pendant, Binya acquires a beautiful blue umbrella that makes her the envy of everyone in her village, especially Ram Bharosa, the shop-keeper... Read Full Overview

'The umbrella was like a flower, a great Blue flower that had sprung up on the dry Brown hillside.' in exchange for her lucky leopard's claw pendant, Binya acquires a beautiful Blue umbrella that makes her the envy of everyone in her village, especially Ram Bharata, the shop-keeper... Read Full Overview

The Umbrella was like a flower, a great blue flower that had sprung up on the dry brown hillside.'In exchange for her lucky leopard's claw pendant, Binya acquires a beautiful blue umbrella that makes her the envy of everyone in her village, especially Ram Bharosa, the shop-keeper... Read Full Overview