Ruskin Bond

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name = Ruskin Bond


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birthdate = birth date|1934|05|19
birthplace = Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, India
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occupation = Writer
nationality = Indian
period = 20th century
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Ruskin Bond ( _hi. रस्किन बोंड, born 19 May, 1934) is an Indian author of British descent. [http://www.readingrainbow.in/readingbuffet-author-bond.htm] He was born in Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh).His father was Aubrey Alexander Bond who served in the RAF during WWII.He had 1 real sister and brother-Ellen and William. When the writer was 8, his mother separated from his father and married a Punjabi-Hindu Mr.Hari who himself was married once.At the age of 10 Ruskin went to his mother's in Dehra because of his fathers sudden death due to frequent bouts of malaria and jaundice.He has lived in Landour since the 1960s, having previously also lived, as a child and young man, in Shimla, Jamnagar, Mussoorie, Dehradun, and London. Most of his writings show a strong influence from the social life in the hill stations at the foothills of the Himalayas, where he spent his childhood.His first novel was "The Room On the Roof", published when he was 21 and partly based on the experiences at Dehra in his small rented room on the roof and his friends. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors and a top novelist earlier. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children's literature.He now lives with his adopted family in Mussoorie.

List of works

Novels and long stories

*The Room on the Roof
*Vagrants in the Valley
*Delhi is not Far
*A Flight of Pigeons
*The Sensualist
*The India I Love
*Rain in the Mountains
*The Lamp is Lit
*Funny Side Up
*Strangers in the Night
*Rusty

hort stories

*The Woman on Platform 8
*The Eyes are Not Here
*Cricket for the Crocodile
*The Blue Umbrella
*Ghost Trouble
*Angry River
*Dust on the Mountain
*A Guardian Angel
*The Photograph
*Death of a Familiar
*The Coral Tree
*The Kite Maker
*The Window
*The Monkeys
*The Girl on the Train
*Chachi's Funeral
*The Prospect of Flowers
*The Man who was Kipling
*A Case for Inspector Lal
*The Eyes Have It
*The Story of Madhu

*A Job Well Done
*The Boy who Broke the Bank
*The Cherry Tree
*The Umbrella Man
*The Wish

*His Neighbour's Wife
*My Father's Trees in Dehra
*Panther's Moon
*The Garlands on his Brow
*The Tunnel
*Sita and the River
*Love is a Sad Song
*When You Can't Climb Trees Anymore
*A Love of Long Ago
*The Funeral
*The Night Train at Deoli
*Time Stops at Shamli
*Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra
*Pret in the House
*My Grandfather's Private Zoo
*A Life in the Dark
*The Girl from Copenhagen
*Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright
*Tiger in the House
*My Father's Trees in Dehra
*The Thief
*Animals You Can't Forget
*My Father and I

Essays and Vignettes

* Life at my own pace
* The old gramophone
* A little world of mud
* Adventures of a book lover
* Upon an old wall dreaming
* Landour days
* Funny Side Up
* A town called dehra

Travel Writings

* Tales of the open road
* Ganga descends
* Beautiful Mandakini
* On the road to Badrinath
* Flowers on the Ganga
* Roads to Mussoorie
* The Road To Bazaar

ongs and Love Poems

* Lost Love lyric for Binya Devi
* It isn't time thats passing
* Kites

AutoBiography

* Scenes from a Writer's LifeIt was published in 1997. In this book Bond describes his life till its 21 st year.

References

External links

* [http://readingrainbow.in/interview-ruskin.shtml Interview with Ruskin Bond by Atula Ahuja]
* [http://www.readingrainbow.in/readingbuffet-author-bond.htm "Accurate biography by Atula Ahuja approved by Ruskin Bond"]
* [http://members.rediff.com/ruskinbond/letsmeetruskin.htm Let's Meet Ruskin]
* [http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2005/09/30/stories/2005093000060100.htm Bond Reminisces]
* [http://gdhar.com/2007/01/28/with-ruskin-bond/ Ruskin Bond in a Video reciting 2 of his Poems]