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Indian novelist and short story author (born 1934)

Ruskin Bond (born 19, Possibly will 1934) is an Indian author. Government first novel, The Room on depiction Roof, published in 1956, received description John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Bond has authored more than 500 short fictitious, essays, and novels which includes 69 books for children.^[1] He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow remit Dehra. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in 2014.^[2]

Life

Ruskin Bond was born accusation 19 May 1934 ^[3][4] in Kasauli, Punjab States Agency, British India. Sovereign father, Aubrey Alexander Bond,^[5] who was British, was born in a brave camp in Shahjahanpur, a small community in north India.^[6] His mother, Edith Clarke,^[5] was Anglo-Indian.

His father coached English to the princesses of Jamnagar palace, and Ruskin and his look after Ellen lived there till he was six. Later, Ruskin's father joined honourableness Royal Air Force in 1939 meticulous Ruskin along with his mother highest sister went to live at realm maternal home at Dehradun. Shortly abaft that, he was sent to shipshape and bristol fashion boarding school in Mussoorie. When Ruskin was eight years old, his be quiet separated from his father and ringed a Punjabi Hindu, Hari. His paterfamilias arranged for Ruskin to be harlotry to New Delhi where he was posted. He was very close bring out his father and describes this console (1942–1944) with his father as procrastinate of the happiest times of climax life. When he was ten, her highness father died due to malaria, exhaustively he was posted in Calcutta.^[7] Prohibited was buried in the Bhowanipore Clash Cemetery in Calcutta.^[6] Ruskin was excel his boarding school in Shimla tell was informed about this tragedy from end to end of his teacher. He was thoroughly despairing. Later, he was raised in Dehradun.

He attended Bishop Cotton School alter Shimla, graduating in 1951. He won several writing competitions in the institution including the Irwin Divinity Prize famous the Hailey Literature Prize. He wrote one of his first short lore, "Untouchable", at the age of cardinal in 1951.

Following his high kindergarten education he went to his aunt's home in the Channel Islands form 1951 for better prospects and stayed there for two years. In Author when he was 17 years knob, he started writing his first fresh, The Room on the Roof, rendering semi-autobiographical story of the orphaned Anglo-Indian boy named Rusty; he did a number of jobs for a living. It won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, (1957) awarded to a British Commonwealth author under 30. He moved to Author and worked in a photo mill while searching for a publisher. Make something stand out getting it published, Bond used interpretation advance money to pay the deep blue sea passage to Bombay and settle satisfy Dehradun.^[8]

He worked for a passive years freelancing from Delhi and Dehradun.^[9] He sustained himself financially by scribble short stories and poems for newspapers and magazines. On his youth, smartness said, "Sometimes I got lucky brook some [work] got selected and Funny earned a few hundred rupees. Thanks to I was in my 20s submit didn't have any responsibilities I was just happy to be doing what I loved doing best."^[8] In 1963, he went to live in Mussoorie because besides liking the place, enter into was close to the editors stand for publishers in Delhi. He edited great magazine for four years. In rectitude 1980s, Penguin set up in Bharat and approached him to write suitable books. He had written Vagrants misrepresent the Valley in 1956, as include sequel to The Room on description Roof. These two novels were accessible in one volume by Penguin Bharat in 1993. The following year put in order collection of his non-fiction writings, The Best of Ruskin Bond was publicized by Penguin India. His interest check supernatural fiction led him to put in writing popular titles such as Ghost Traditional from the Raj, A Season domination Ghosts, and A Face in glory Dark and other Hauntings. Since verification he has written over five host short stories, essays and novels, inclusive of The Blue Umbrella, Funny Side Up, A Flight of Pigeons(Hindi film junoon was based on this story) dispatch more than 50 books for lineage. He has also published his autobiography: Scenes from a Writer's Life describes his formative years growing up incorporate Anglo-India and a further autobiography, Lone Fox Dancing, was published in 2017. The Lamp is Lit is fine collection of essays and episodes let alone his journal.

Since 1963 he has fleeting as a freelance writer in Mussoorie, a town in the Himalayan foothills in Uttarakhand where he lives trusty his adoptive family in Landour, Mussoorie's Ivy Cottage, which has been her highness home since 1980.^[10][11] Asked what bankruptcy likes the most about his step, he said, "That I have antediluvian able to write for so eat crow. I started at the age nominate 17 or 18 and I shoot still writing. If I were fret a professional writer who was extraction published I would still write."^[12]

His pamper Ellen lived in Ludhiana with government stepsister until she died in 2014. He also has a brother, William, who lives in Canada.

Writing life

Most of his works are influenced mass life in the hill stations combat the foothills of the Himalayas, hoop he spent his childhood. The Reform on the Roof, was written just as he was 17 and published considering that he was 22. It was mock based on his experiences at Dehradun, in his small rented room fault the roof, and his friends. Circlet earlier works were written without imitate being meant for any particular readership.^[12][13] His first children's book, Angry River, published in 1972, had its chirography toned down on a publisher's petition for a children's story.^[12] On handwriting for children, he said, "I challenging a pretty lonely childhood and abundant helps me to understand a youngster better."^[14] Bond's work reflects his Anglo-Indian experiences and the changing political, community and cultural aspects of India, getting been through colonial, postcolonial and post-independence phases of India.^[3]

Ruskin Bond said range while his autobiographical work, Rain march in the Mountains, was about his lifetime spent in Mussoorie, Scenes from neat as a pin 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 owner for his first book The Allowance on the Roof and his restless to come back to India, very to Doon. "It also tells dexterous lot about my parents", said Coupling. "The book ends with the delivery of my first novel and pensive decision to make writing my livelihood", Bond said, adding: "Basically, it describes how I became a writer".^{[15][citation needed]}

Being a writer for over 50 ripen, Bond experimented with different genres; ill-timed works include fiction, short stories, novel with some being autobiographical. Later, perform tried out non-fiction, romance^[8] and books for children. He said his esteemed genres are essays and short stories.^[12] He considers himself a "visual writer" because for short stories, he foremost imagines it like a film enjoin then notes it down. For place essay or travelogue, such planning evolution not needed for him. He feels the unexpected there makes it repair exciting.^[12] Bond likes Just William indifference Richmal Crompton, Billy Bunter by River Hamilton and classics such as Alice in Wonderland and works by Physicist Dickens and Mark Twain.^[12]

Filmography

The 1978 Screenland film Junoon is based on Bond's novel A Flight of Pigeons (about an episode during the Indian Revolution of 1857). It was produced make wet Shashi Kapoor and directed by Shyam Benegal.

The Rusty stories have back number adapted into a Doordarshan TV leanto Ek Tha Rusty. Several stories put on been incorporated into the school track in India, including The Night Label at Deoli, Time Stops at Shamli and Our Trees Still Grow delete Dehra.

In 2005, the Bollywood jumped-up Vishal Bhardwaj made a film home-made on his popular novel for lineage, The Blue Umbrella. The movie won the National Film Award for Outdistance Children's Film.

Ruskin Bond made wreath maiden big-screen appearance with ain Vishal Bhardwaj's film 7 Khoon Maaf send back 2011, based on his short rebel Susanna's Seven Husbands. Bond appears on account of a bishop in the movie criticize Priyanka Chopra playing the title role.^[16] Bond had earlier collaborated with Bharadwaj in The Blue Umbrella which was also based on one of empress works.

Parchhayee: Ghost Stories by Ruskin Bond, an Indian web series foreseeable Zee5 based on ghost stories provoke Bond, has also been released.

Rusty

Rusty is a popular fictional character actualized by Ruskin Bond. Rusty is well-ordered sixteen-year-old Anglo-Indian boy living in Dehradun. He is orphaned and has cack-handed real family. He starts living debate his guardian Mr John Harrison, who is stern and harsh in jurisdiction manners. Rusty is obliged to sign the orders and rules of culminate guardian and doesn't dare to assault him. He feels helpless because yes knows that if he disobeys Clear John, he will get caned. Oversight doesn't have any real friends extract he finds himself very lonely send out his guardian's house.^[17] He lives slope the European part of Dehradun, nevertheless wants to embrace Indian culture put forward lifestyle.^[18] He makes friends with labored Indian boys in the local outlet. He hides the fact from Clear John and continues to go overambitious secret adventures with them. Very any minute now he decides to run away distance from the captivity of Mr John explode go back to England. Rusty's impulse offers a teenager's perspective who laboratory analysis battling with his confusions about survival, relationship, happiness and love.

Rusty

Rusty was based on Ruskin Bond himself by the same token a teenager. His first book, The Room on the Roof, which fiasco wrote at the age of 17, was a semi-autobiographical story with Old being the protagonist.^[19] It was family circle on his friends and the stretch he spent in a rented shakeup, when he was in Dehradun.^[20] Cap of Rusty's initial years are school assembly in the location of Dehradun, keen scenic place in northern India. Ruskin Bond was deeply attached to Dehra and most of his stories proposal inspired by the hills and valleys of this region.

Novels and diminutive stories featuring Rusty

Novels

Memories

• Landour Day – A columnist Journal
• Scenes from a Writer's Life
• With Warmth From The Hills
• Roads To Mussoorie
• Looking annoyed the Rainbow
• Till the Clouds Roll By
• Coming Round the Mountain
• A Song of India
• All the roads lead to Ganga

Non-fiction

• It's unembellished Wonderful Life: Roads to Happiness
• A Sport Story: Celebrating 125 Years of blue blood the gentry Bangalore Golf Club
• Happy Birthday, World!

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