\'Mist fills the Himalayan valleys, and monsoon rain sweeps across the hills. \'A Book of Simple Living\' is a gift of beauty and wisdom from India\'s most loved, and most understated, writer..
In these pages, we watch a wild plum blossom and the moon come up between two deodar trees; we hear a redstart whistle and the rain drum on a tin roof; we recognize the aftermath of loss and the consolation of old companions.
She perches on the window sill, and looks out with me at the rain.\' This personal diary records the many small moments that constitute a life of harmony-with the self, the natural world, and friends, family and passersby.
Sometimes, during the day, a bird visits me-a deep purple whistling thrush. \'Mist fills the Himalayan valleys, and monsoon rain sweeps across the hills
