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RUSKIN
BOND
Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of
British descent.
The Indian Council for Child Education
recognised his pioneering role in the
growth of children's literature in India, and
awarded him the Sahitya Academy
Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in
Dehra, given by the Sahitya Akademi,
India's National Academy of Literature. He
was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999
and Padma Bhushan in 2014. He now
lives with his adopted family in Landour,
in Mussoorie.
Life and career
Better perceived as the Indian 'William Wordsworth', Ruskin
Bond was born in Kasauli in the then Punjab Province in the
year 1934. Born to a first generation British migrant. Bond was
born to Edith Clerke and Aubrey Bond. Edith Clerke was
working with the Royal Air Force at that time. When Bond was
four years old, his mother separated from his father and married
a Punjabi-Hindu, Mr. Hari, who himself had been married once.
Bond went to live with his new father, spending his childhood in
Vijayanagar (Gujarat), Jamnagar and Shimla.
At the age of ten Ruskin went to live at his
grandmother's house in Dehradun after his father's
sudden death in 1944 from malaria. Ruskin was
raised by his grandmother. He completed his
schooling at Bishop Cotton School in Shimla, from
where he graduated in 1952 after winning several
writing competitions in the school like the Irwin
Divinity Prize and the Hailey Literature Prize. He
wrote his first short story, ‘Untouchable’, at the age
of sixteen in 1950.
Following his high school education he went to his
aunt's house in Channel Islands in England and
stayed there for four years. In London he started
writing his first novel, The Room on the Roof, the
semi-autobiographical story of the orphaned Anglo-
Indian boy Rusty. It won the John Llewellyn Rhys
Prize,1957 awarded to a British Commonwealth
writer under 30. Bond used the advance money from
the book to pay the sea passage to Bombay. He
worked for a few years as a journalist
in Delhi and Dehradun.
Since 1963 he has lived as a freelance writer in Mussoorie, a town in the Himalayan foothills. He
wrote Vagrants in the Valley, as a sequel to The Room on the Roof. These two novels were published in
one volume by Penguin India in 1993. The following year a collection of his non-fiction writings, The Best
Of Ruskin Bond was published by Penguin India. His interest in the paranormal led him to write popular
titles such as Ghost Stories from the Raj, A Season of Ghosts, and A Face in the Dark and other Haunting.
He currently lives with his adoptive family in Landour, Mussoorie’s Ivy Cottage, which has been his house
since 1964.
Filmography
– The Hindi film Junoon is based on Bond's historical novella A Flight
of Pigeons (about an episode during the Indian Rebellion of 1857).
It was produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Shyam Benegal.
– Ruskin Bond made his maiden big screen appearance with a cameo
in Vishal Bhardwaj 's film 7 Khoon Maaf, based on his short
story Susanna's Seven Husbands. Bond appears as a Bishop in the
movie with Priyanka Chopra playing the title role. Bond had earlier
collaborated with him in the The Blue Umbrella which was also
based on his story.
Most of his works are influenced by life in the hill stations at the foothills of the Himalayas, where he spent his childhood.
His first novel, The Room On the Roof, was written when he was 17 and published when he was 21. It was partly based on
his experiences at Dehradun, in his small rented room on the roof, and his friends. Since then he has written over three
hundred short stories, essays and novels, including Vagrants in The Valley, The Blue Umbrella, Funny Side Up, A Flight of
Pigeons and more than 30 books for children. He has also published two volumes of autobiography. Scenes from a Writer's
Life describes his formative years growing up in Anglo-India; The Lamp is Lit is a collection of essays and episodes from his
journal.
Bond said that while his autobiographical work, Rain in the Mountains, was about his years spent in Mussoorie, Scenes
from a Writer's Life described his first 21 years. Scenes from a Writer's Life focuses on Bond's trip to England, his struggle
to find a publisher for his first book The Room on the Roof and his yearning to come back to India, particularly to Doon. "It
also tells a lot about my parents", said Bond. "The book ends with the publication of my first novel and my decision to
make writing my livelihood", Bond said, adding: "Basically, it describes how I became a writer".
His novel, The Flight of Pigeons, has been adapted into the film Junoon. The Room on the Roof has been adapted into a
BBC-produced TV series. Several stories have been incorporated in the school curriculum in India, including "The Night
Train at Deoli", "Time Stops at Shamli" and Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra. In 2007, the Bollywood director Vishal
Bhardwaj made a film based on his popular novel for children, The Blue Umbrella. The movie won the National Award for
Best Children's film.
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Ruskin bond

  • 2. Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. The Indian Council for Child Education recognised his pioneering role in the growth of children's literature in India, and awarded him the Sahitya Academy Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Literature. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in 2014. He now lives with his adopted family in Landour, in Mussoorie.
  • 3. Life and career Better perceived as the Indian 'William Wordsworth', Ruskin Bond was born in Kasauli in the then Punjab Province in the year 1934. Born to a first generation British migrant. Bond was born to Edith Clerke and Aubrey Bond. Edith Clerke was working with the Royal Air Force at that time. When Bond was four years old, his mother separated from his father and married a Punjabi-Hindu, Mr. Hari, who himself had been married once. Bond went to live with his new father, spending his childhood in Vijayanagar (Gujarat), Jamnagar and Shimla.
  • 4. At the age of ten Ruskin went to live at his grandmother's house in Dehradun after his father's sudden death in 1944 from malaria. Ruskin was raised by his grandmother. He completed his schooling at Bishop Cotton School in Shimla, from where he graduated in 1952 after winning several writing competitions in the school like the Irwin Divinity Prize and the Hailey Literature Prize. He wrote his first short story, ‘Untouchable’, at the age of sixteen in 1950. Following his high school education he went to his aunt's house in Channel Islands in England and stayed there for four years. In London he started writing his first novel, The Room on the Roof, the semi-autobiographical story of the orphaned Anglo- Indian boy Rusty. It won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize,1957 awarded to a British Commonwealth writer under 30. Bond used the advance money from the book to pay the sea passage to Bombay. He worked for a few years as a journalist in Delhi and Dehradun.
  • 5. Since 1963 he has lived as a freelance writer in Mussoorie, a town in the Himalayan foothills. He wrote Vagrants in the Valley, as a sequel to The Room on the Roof. These two novels were published in one volume by Penguin India in 1993. The following year a collection of his non-fiction writings, The Best Of Ruskin Bond was published by Penguin India. His interest in the paranormal led him to write popular titles such as Ghost Stories from the Raj, A Season of Ghosts, and A Face in the Dark and other Haunting. He currently lives with his adoptive family in Landour, Mussoorie’s Ivy Cottage, which has been his house since 1964.
  • 6. Filmography – The Hindi film Junoon is based on Bond's historical novella A Flight of Pigeons (about an episode during the Indian Rebellion of 1857). It was produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Shyam Benegal. – Ruskin Bond made his maiden big screen appearance with a cameo in Vishal Bhardwaj 's film 7 Khoon Maaf, based on his short story Susanna's Seven Husbands. Bond appears as a Bishop in the movie with Priyanka Chopra playing the title role. Bond had earlier collaborated with him in the The Blue Umbrella which was also based on his story.
  • 7. Most of his works are influenced by life in the hill stations at the foothills of the Himalayas, where he spent his childhood. His first novel, The Room On the Roof, was written when he was 17 and published when he was 21. It was partly based on his experiences at Dehradun, in his small rented room on the roof, and his friends. Since then he has written over three hundred short stories, essays and novels, including Vagrants in The Valley, The Blue Umbrella, Funny Side Up, A Flight of Pigeons and more than 30 books for children. He has also published two volumes of autobiography. Scenes from a Writer's Life describes his formative years growing up in Anglo-India; The Lamp is Lit is a collection of essays and episodes from his journal. Bond said that while his autobiographical work, Rain in the Mountains, was about his years spent in Mussoorie, Scenes from a Writer's Life described his first 21 years. Scenes from a Writer's Life focuses on Bond's trip to England, his struggle to find a publisher for his first book The Room on the Roof and his yearning to come back to India, particularly to Doon. "It also tells a lot about my parents", said Bond. "The book ends with the publication of my first novel and my decision to make writing my livelihood", Bond said, adding: "Basically, it describes how I became a writer". His novel, The Flight of Pigeons, has been adapted into the film Junoon. The Room on the Roof has been adapted into a BBC-produced TV series. Several stories have been incorporated in the school curriculum in India, including "The Night Train at Deoli", "Time Stops at Shamli" and Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra. In 2007, the Bollywood director Vishal Bhardwaj made a film based on his popular novel for children, The Blue Umbrella. The movie won the National Award for Best Children's film.
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