?Somehow, it had been that last year in Dehra that had brought me closer to the India that i
had so far only taken for granted. an India of close and sometimes sentimental friendships.
of striking contrasts: a small cinema showing English pictures [?] and only a couple of hours
away thousands taking a dip in the sacred water of the Ganga.?
Steaming cups of masala chai, bustling markets, aromatic curries, crowded train bogeys, calming
riverside ghats, ancient banyans: India is all this and so much more. A country of paradoxes, where
light and dark; joy and sorrow; and diversity and familiarity coexist.
In My India, Longing and Belonging, experience the unique charm of Ruskin Bond?s India. Through
a wide-range of Bond?s fiction and non-fiction, meet the most endearing yet complex characters;
sojourn in places, quaint and grand; and experience the grandeur of India?s natural beauty. Celebrate
our beloved nation with this must-read!
MY INDIA, LONGING AND BELONGING
MY INDIA, LONGING AND BELONGING
By: Ruskin Bond395.00
- ISBN: 978-93-5702-456-3
- Pages: 328 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, 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.
