Ruskin Bond

Indian writer of British descent (born 1934)

Ruskin Bond is an Anglo Indian. He lives with his adopted family in Landour, Mussoorie, India. The Indian Council for Child Education has recognised his role in the growth of children's literature in India. He was awarded the Sahitya Academy Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, a novel in English. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.[1]

Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond Famous Quotes

I have come to believe that the best kind of walk, or journey, is the one in which you have no particular destination when you set out.

― Ruskin Bond

Ranji had a one-rupee coin. He'd had it since morning, and now it was afternoon - and that was far too long to keep a rupee. It was time he spend the money, or some of it, or most of it.

― Ruskin Bond, The Room of Many Colours: A Treasury of Stories for Children

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  1. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 15, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

Ruskin Bond - Written works The Best of Ruskin Bond

The Blue Umbrella

The Room on the Roof

The Eyes Have It

Angry River

Delhi Is Not Far

Rusty the Boy from the Hills

A Flight of Pigeons

Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories

Landour Days: A Writer's Journal

EARLY LIFE, CAREER AND AWARDS Early Life. Ruskin Bond was born on May 19, 1934, in Kasauli, Punjab, India. He was born to Edith Clarke and Aubrey Bond.

Career. Ruskin Bond started his career by working in a photo studio. He worked there while he was looking for publishers for his works.

Awards and Achievements. In 1992, Ruskin Bond won the Sahitya Academy Award for his book ‘Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra.’ In 1999, he received the Padma Sri award.

FAMILY- he is wonderful