Ruskin Bond

'Writing for me is the simplest and greatest pleasure in the world.' How to be a Writer is peppered with nuggets of practical advice for ever...

The making of a writer Ruskin Bond's first full-fledged autobiographical book covers his formative years,' till the age of twenty-one. The wo...

A CLASSIC COMING-OF-AGE STORY WHICH HAS HELD GENERATIONS OF READERS SPELLBOUNDRusty, a sixteen-year-old Anglo-Indian boy, is orphaned, and ha...

It was death at first sight . . .Miss Ripley-Bean was sitting on a bench beneath the deodars, having a quiet moment to herself, when suddenly...

Fourteen engaging stories from one of India's master story-tellers Semi-autobiographical in nature, these stories span the period from the au...

In this delightful collection; Ruskin Bond introduces us to the Dehradun he knows intimately and loves unreservedly—the town that he ha...

The perils and pleasures that attends growing up. In ‘A Handful of Nuts’, the first of the novellas in this book, the reader is t...

This leaf, so complete in itself, Is only part of a tree. And this tree, so complete in itself, Is only part of the mountain. And the mou...

Bisnu finds how dangerous and lonely life can be for a boy who has to leave his home to earn money for his family. As he sets to work on the ...

In his early twenties now, Rusty finally leaves Dehra and books a passage to England, dreaming of writing and selling his novel abroad. First...

So here I am, delving into the past like Monsieur Poirot, not to solve a mystery, but to try to understand some of the events that have helpe...

Rakesh plants a cherry seedling in his garden and watches it grow. As seasons go by, the small tree survives heavy monsoon showers, a hungry ...

A tale of sweet revenge Ruskin is keen to teach his scatterbrained uncle a lesson. After all, he put him on the wrong train! Armed with gifts...

What do you do when there's an earthquake?' asks Rakesh. Everyone in the Burman household has their own ideas, but when the tremors begin and...

Ranji's team finds an unexpected opponent a nosy crocodile when they play a cricket match against the village boys. Annoyed at the swarms of ...

Everything that you’ve always loved about Ruskin Bond is backHis mesmerizing descriptions of nature and his wonderful way with words&md...

Little Jai with his dog Motu, guards his grandfather's flock in the Tung meadows, high up on the Himalayan range, but on the prowl is a might...

'Who . . . whoo . . . whooo, cried the wind as it swept down from the Himalayan snows.'The wild wind pushes open windows, chokes chimneys and...

Mani’s Granny is seventy and can barely see through her old, scratched glasses. With only a hundred and fifty rupees in their pockets a...