'I thought of running away with Kamla. When I mentioned it to her, her
eyes lit up. She thought it would be great fun. Women in love can be
more reckless than men! But I had read too many stories about runaway
marriages ending in disaster, and I lacked the courage to go through
with such 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 it being
enamoured or moved, the memories we shared with them can catch us
unawares even years down the line. It is not for the world to decipher
what bond we shared and nurtured with them, or how 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's simplistic narration. With these stories,
you might once again walk down the memory lane of all those cherished
moments gone by.