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RuskinBondisanIndianauthorofBritishdescent.
TheIndianCouncilforChildEducationrecognised
hispioneeringroleinthegrowthofchildren's
literatureinIndia,andawardedhimtheSahitya
AcademyAwardin1992forOurTreesStillGrowin
Dehra,givenbytheSahityaAcademy,India's
NationalAcademyofLiterature.Hewasawardedthe
PadmaShriin1999andPadmaBhushanin2014.He
nowliveswithhisadoptedfamilyinLandour,in
Mussoorie.

Contents
1Lifeandcareer
2Filmography
3Literarystyle
4FamousWorks
4.1Collections/Anthologies
4.2Novels
5AwardsandRecognitions
6References
7Externallinks

RuskinBond

RuskinBondatabookreleasefunctionin
Bangalore(June6,2012)
Born

19May1934
Kasauli,
Punjab,
BritishIndia

Occupation

Writer

Nationality

India

Period

1934present

Lifeandcareer
RuskinBondwasbornon19May1934inamilitaryhospital,toEdithClarkeandAubreyBond.His
siblingswereEllenandWilliam.Atpresent,hissisterEllenlivesinJallandhar,Punjabandbrother
WilliamlivesinCanada.Ruskin'sfatherwaswiththeRoyalAirForce.WhenBondwasfouryearsold,
hismotherseparatedfromhisfatherandmarriedaPunjabiHindu,Mr.Hari,whohimselfhadbeen
marriedonce.
BondspenthisearlychildhoodinVijayanagar(Gujarat),JamnagarandShimla.AttheageoftenRuskin
wenttoliveathisgrandmother'shouseinDehradunafterhisfather'ssuddendeathin1944frommalaria.
Ruskinwasraisedbyhisgrandmother.HecompletedhisschoolingatBishopCottonSchoolinShimla,
fromwherehegraduatedin1952afterwinningseveralwritingcompetitionsintheschoolliketheIrwin
DivinityPrizeandtheHaileyLiteraturePrize.Hewrotehisfirstshortstory,Untouchable,attheageof
sixteenin1950.
Followinghishighschooleducationhewenttohisaunt'shouseinChannelIslandsinEnglandand
stayedthereforfouryears.InLondonhestartedwritinghisfirstnovel,TheRoomontheRoof,thesemi
autobiographicalstoryoftheorphanedAngloIndianboyRusty.Itwonthe1957JohnLlewellynRhys
Prize,awardedtoaBritishCommonwealthwriterunder30.Bondusedtheadvancemoneyfromthe
booktopaytheseapassagetoBombay.HeworkedforsomeyearsasajournalistinDelhiand
Dehradun.Since1963hehaslivedasafreelancewriterinMussoorie,atownintheHimalayan
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foothills.[1]HewroteVagrantsintheValley,asasequeltoTheRoomontheRoof.Thesetwonovels
werepublishedinonevolumebyPenguinIndiain1993.Thefollowingyearacollectionofhisnon
fictionwritings,TheBestOfRuskinBondwaspublishedbyPenguinIndia.Hisinterestinthe
paranormalledhimtowritepopulartitlessuchasGhostStoriesfromtheRaj,ASeasonofGhosts,andA
FaceintheDarkandotherHauntings.
HecurrentlyliveswithhisadoptivefamilyinLandour,Mussoorie'sIvyCottage,whichhasbeenhis
housesince1964.

Filmography
TheHindifilmJunoonisbasedonBond'shistoricalnovellaAFlightofPigeons(aboutanepisode
duringtheIndianRebellionof1857).ItwasproducedbyShashiKapooranddirectedbyShyam
Benegal.
RuskinBondmadehismaidenbigscreenappearancewithacameoinVishalBhardwaj'sfilm7Khoon
Maaf,basedonhisshortstorySusanna'sSevenHusbands.BondappearsasaBishopinthemoviewith
PriyankaChopraplayingthetitlerole.[2]BondhadearliercollaboratedwithhimintheTheBlue
Umbrellawhichwasalsobasedonhisstory.

Literarystyle
MostofhisworksareinfluencedbylifeinthehillstationsatthefoothillsoftheHimalayas,wherehe
spenthischildhood.Hisfirstnovel,TheRoomOntheRoof,waswrittenwhenhewas17andpublished
whenhewas21.ItwaspartlybasedonhisexperiencesatDehradun,inhissmallrentedroomonthe
roof,andhisfriends.Sincethenhehaswrittenoverthreehundredshortstories,essaysandnovels,
includingVagrantsinTheValley,TheBlueUmbrella,FunnySideUp,AFlightofPigeonsandmore
than30booksforchildren.Hehasalsopublishedtwovolumesofautobiography.ScenesfromaWriter's
LifedescribeshisformativeyearsgrowingupinAngloIndiaTheLampisLitisacollectionofessays
andepisodesfromhisjournal.
Bondsaidthatwhilehisautobiographicalwork,RainintheMountains,wasabouthisyearsspentin
Mussoorie,ScenesfromaWriter'sLifedescribedhisfirst21years.ScenesfromaWriter'sLifefocuses
onBond'striptoEngland,hisstruggletofindapublisherforhisfirstbookTheRoomontheRoofand
hisyearningtocomebacktoIndia,particularlytoDoon."Italsotellsalotaboutmyparents",saidBond.
"Thebookendswiththepublicationofmyfirstnovelandmydecisiontomakewritingmylivelihood",
Bondsaid,adding:"Basically,itdescribeshowIbecameawriter".
Hisnovel,TheFlightofPigeons,hasbeenadaptedintothefilmJunoon.TheRoomontheRoofhasbeen
adaptedintoaBBCproducedTVseries.Severalstorieshavebeenincorporatedintheschoolcurriculum
inIndia,including"TheNightTrainatDeoli","TimeStopsatShamli"andOurTreesStillGrowin
Dehra.In2007,theBollywooddirectorVishalBhardwajmadeafilmbasedonhispopularnovelfor
children,TheBlueUmbrella.ThemoviewontheNationalAwardforBestChildren'sfilm.

FamousWorks
Collections/Anthologies
TheCherryTree[3]
GarlandofMemories
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GhostStoriesfromtheRaj
FunnySideUp
RainintheMountainsNotesfromtheHimalayas
OurtreesstillgrowinDehra
DustontheMountains
ASeasonofGhosts
TigersForever
ATownCalledDehra
AtschoolwithRuskinBond
AnIslandofTrees
TheNightTrainatDeoli
AFaceintheDarkandOtherHauntings
Potpourri
TheAdventuresofRusty
TheLostRuby
CrazytimeswithUncleKen
TheDeathOfTrees
TalesandLegendsfromIndia
TimestopsatShamli
Grandpaticklesatiger
FourFeathers
SchoolDays
TheTigerInThetunnel
Mr.Oliver'sdiary
TheParrotWhoWouldn'tTalk
TheDoctor
TheRuskinBondChildren'sOmnibus
RustyTheBoyfromHills
TheMonkeyTrouble
HipHopNatureBoy
FrogsinthefountainandOtherPoems
RuskinBond'sBookofNature
TigersForDinner:TallTalesByJimCorbett'sKhansama
TheRupaBookofHauntedHouses
TheRupaBookofEerieStories
ThePenguinBookofIndianGhostStories
ThePenguinBookofIndianRailwayStories
FaceintheDarkandOtherHauntingStories(CollectionofBond'sghoststories)
FriendsinSmallPlacesRuskinBond'sUnfogettablePeople
RuskinBond'sGreenBook
"BestFriends"
[4][5]

Novels
WithLoveFromHills
TheRoomontheRoof
VagrantsintheValley
ScenesfromaWriter'sLife
RustyRunsaway
AFlightofPigeons
LandourDaysAwritersJournal
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TheSensualistbyRuskinBond
TheRoadToTheBazaar
ThePanther'sMoon
OnceUponAMonsoonTime
TheIndiaIlove
TheKashmiriStoryteller
TheBlueUmbrella
DelhiisNotFar
AnimalStories
Funnysideup
AngryRiver
RoadsToMussoorie
AllRoadsLeadToGanga
TalesofFosterganj
Maharani

AwardsandRecognitions
JohnLlewellynRhysPrizein1957
SahityaAkademiAwardin1992
PadmaShriin1999
PadmaBhushanin2014

References
1. Sinha,Arpita(18May2010)."ThenameisBond,RuskinBond"(http://www.allindianewssite.com/7396/the
nameisbondruskinbond).Retrieved3March2011.
2. "RuskinBondtodoacameoin'SaatKhoon..' "
(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/newsinterviews/RuskinBondtodoacameoin
SaatKhoon/articleshow/7347368.cms).TheTimesOfIndia.
3. http://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Cherry_Tree.html?id=Iyh4HDIlSmwC&redir_esc=y
4. RuskinBondcelebrates25thanniversaryofPenguininBangalore(http://www.efinews.com/2012/06/ruskin
bondinbangaloretocelebrate.html)EFNewsInternational
5. Twoanniversariesandabooklaunch(http://ipaimpress.com/ruskinbondbangalore/)Ipaimpress.com
InternationalPressAssociationpublication

Externallinks
RuskinBond'sProfile(http://ruskinbond.bookchums.com/)
Wikiquotehasquotations
ProfileandbooksbyRuskinBond
relatedto:RuskinBond
(http://www.friendsofbooks.com/author/ruskinbond/1552)
InterviewwithRuskinBondbyAtulaAhuja
WikimediaCommonshas
(http://readingrainbow.in/interviewruskin.shtml)
mediarelatedtoRuskin
RuskinBondinaVideoreciting2ofhisPoems
Bond.
(http://gdhar.com/2007/01/28/withruskinbond/)
"ALandourDaywithRuskinBond'byRamendraKumar
(http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2010/12/10/stories/2010121050160300.htm),Business
Lineprint10December2010
"Theskeletoninthecupboard."ShortStoryPublishedintheTimesofIndia
(http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/20101226/specialreport/28241931_1_skeleton
hotelguestdehra)
WalkthetalkwithRuskinBondonNDTV(http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/walkthetalk/walk
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