MRS BHUSHAN TO THE RESCUE

Category Literature & Fiction
Format Paperback
Imprint Rupa
Price 195

ISBN: 978-93-5520-990-0
Pages: 104 pages
Date: 5th January 2023

ABOUT THIS BOOK

‘Mr Bhushan left his office at 5 o’clock sharp. it was time for tea and a dish of hot, fresh paneer pakoras. as he walked down the gravel path to his house, a strange sight met his protruding eyes. on the verandah were mrs bhushan and the maidservant, a bucket of water between them, and they were giving a bath to—surely it wasn’t a donkey?’

What compares to the feeling of coming home to a wagging tail, enthusiastic barks and long sloppy licks? Or to the purring of a cat sleeping on your belly? It is the four-legged friends that bring out the child in us. No matter how bleak a day, how grey an evening or how bland a week, it is these friends that add colour to life! In Mrs Bhushan to the Rescue, with the story titled the same that has never appeared in print before, Ruskin Bond brings us a mixed bag of stories. From furry friends to finding yourself to be your biggest ally—these are stories about characters that turn an otherwise grey life into bright, sunny hues.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

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.