A FLIGHT OF PIGEONSThe story starts with the death of the father of Ruth Labadoor in front of her eyes in a church.

This murder is committed by the Indian rebels who are a part of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and who have decided to kill all the Britishers of the small town Shahjahanpur. It is then that Mariam Labadoor, who is the mother of the narrator, Ruth Labadoor comes into action. She takes their entire family of 6 to their trusted friend Lala Ramjimal who keeps them at his home and gives them the maximum security and shelter he can give. The Pathan leader Javed Khan comes to know that there are a few foreigners living in Lala's home and he suddenly comes into their house and forcefully takes away Ruth and Mariam Labadoor to his home. The rest of the book is followed by the various happening in the Labadoor family, who are very warmly welcomed by different family members of Javed Khan. But, Javed Khan himself is a cunning man and he pleads to marry Ruth Labadoor. Mariam saves her daughter many times as she does not want her to marry Javed Khan. She keeps a condition that if the British are able to take on the country once

again, then she would not let him marry her daughter and if they lose from the rebels, then she would give her daughter to him. The British are able to take the hold of the country and Javed Khan is killed in one of the fights with the Britishers. With lots of help and support, the Labadoor family finally reach their relatives.

ANGRY RIVER
Angry River is about Sita, a girl who lives with her grandparents in a hut on an island. Her grandfather is a fisherman. Their hut is made partly of mud with one of the walls leaning against a rock and the other three walls are of mud. At the beginning of the story, Sita's grandmother is extremely ill and Sita's grandfather plans to take her grandmother to the hospital in town. He leaves in a boat with three of his goats and tells Sita that he will be back in a few days. He also warns her of the rain saying that the rain might cause a flood and that if the level of the water goes very high, she must climb the peepal tree on the island. Soon, the rain begins to pour. Sita goes outside and realizes that there is a flood that looks like a raging river. She sees a few things floating around in the water. She hurriedly packs some spices, fish, her grandmother's saree, and grandfather's hookah in a trunk. She then climbs up the peepal tree but she forgets her doll, Mumta. The flood soon reaches the level of the peepal tree and she almost gives up hope when she sees a boy

in a boat trying to rescue her. The boy rescues her and she forgets about Mumta. Once the two are out of danger, the boy introduces himself as Krishan. They eat mangoes that were there in the boat. Never before did Sita eat mangoes that were as sweet as the ones Krishan had offered. Sita later comes to know that her grandmother had died and she returns to the island with her grandfather to build a new house and start life normally but without her doll Mumta and her grandmother.

2) Beggarly heart
When the heart is hard and parched up, Come upon me with a shower of mercy. When grace is lost from life, Come with a burst of song. When tumultuous work raises its din on all sides shutting me out from Beyond, come to me, my lord of silence, with thy peace and rest. When my beggarly heart sits crouched, shut up in a corner, Break open the door, my king, and come with the ceremony of a king. When desire blinds the mind with delusion and dust, O thou holy one, Thou wakeful, come with thy light and thy thunder Rabindranath Tagore