Deamon Haunted World

I wonder if anyone has read Ruskin Bond. He writes stories, mostly about The Raj and mostly scary stories. His Omnibus II has quite a lot on ghosts, nightmares, and haunted houses. England as a country is known for it’s haunted mansions - magnificant manors haunted by previous owners. When the brits came to India, they seem to have found a perfect match with the sub continent having it’s own share of superstitions and myths. Considering that 19th century was not the bset of times for Indian folks as far as education is concerned, the brits had a lot of scary stories to write home about. Due to difficulties in authenticating them, we don’t know if they are really true of hold any good. But that surely must have been exciting time. The sub continent with no major cities, hot, dusty, sultry nights with local folklores and superstitions. The non availability of any modern facilities of light would have contributed to the whole effect. So, there you have - few officers of the british empire controlling number of villages under them, scores of people with own traditions and religion and these officers with there own ideas of haunted houses and strange incidents. Romance indeed !!!!!!