?I?ve come to see you,? she said.
?For a long, long time, I hope.? And I took her by the hand and led her into my home, my
garden of books.
And that was how Kiran came into my life. [...] If you meet her, she will tell you about the
garden of dreams...perhaps she will take you there some day, for she is a girl who can make
dreams come true.
In a world that treasures ?being realistic? more than daydreaming, we sometimes forget that the only way to aim higher is to daydream a little?how do we have ambition without a little hope? It is at times like this when we should remember the desires of your youth. How we dreamed bigger than we could afford to; how we leapt and then thought of the fall.
In Garden of Dreams, Ruskin Bond brings together stories and personal essays that talk of such
youthful exuberance. He talks of love and its effect on a tired soul; of friends that become your
anchors through stormy days, of romance kindled over chocolates; and many such tales that rekindle our zest for life. This book is for all those who dare to be a little na?ve in this sombre world.
GARDEN OF DREAMS
GARDEN OF DREAMS
By: Ruskin Bond195.00
- ISBN: 978-93-5520-767-8
- Pages: 112 pages
- Published: February 2025
- Format: Paperback
- Imprint: Rupa
- Language: English
Ruskin Bond is known for his signature simplistic and witty writing style. He is the author of several bestselling short stories, novellas, collections, essays and children?s books; and has contributed a number of poems and articles to various magazines and anthologies. At the age of twenty-three, he won the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for his first novel, The Room on the Roof. He was also the recipient of the Padma Shri in 1999, Lifetime Achievement Award by the Delhi Government in 2012 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.
Born in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart from
three years in the UK, he has spent all his life in India, and now lives in Landour, Mussoorie, with
his adopted family.
