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Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond's collection of heart-warming stories for children features beloved characters like Rusty and Bina, showcasing themes of friendship, love, and adventure. Including classic tales such as 'The Girl on…
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Ruskin Bond's "The Big Book of Animal Stories" is a collection of captivating tales featuring Himalayan fauna, mythical creatures, and zany animals. From tigers to hornbills, monkeys to pythons, Bond's…
A collection of heartwarming school stories by various writers, including adventures of students from different backgrounds and experiences, showcasing themes of love, friendship, and loyalty. The book offers a diverse…
Ruskin Bond, an Indian writer, draws inspiration from nature and everyday life in India. His poems and essays reflect his deep connection with the country and its people. Bond's work…
Ruskin Bond's book delves into insects, birds, trees, and flowers with detailed observations, serving as a guide for nature lovers. Covering species from butterflies to cacti, it highlights the beauty…
‘The umbrella was like a flower, a great Blue flower that had sprung up on the dry Brown hillside.’ in exchange for her lucky leopard’s claw pendant, Binya acquires a…
A collection of eerie stories edited by Ruskin Bond includes tales of a man-eating creature in "The White Tiger," a perilous journey in "The Phantom Coach," Sherlock Holmes investigating a…
A collection of heartwarming stories by Ruskin Bond, including tales of unlikely friendships, tussles over possessions, and bonds with nature that will evoke laughter and tears.
A collection of Ruskin Bond's supernatural stories featuring ghosts, spirits, and jinns. From a stubborn skull to eerie encounters on dark roads, these tales are a mix of scary, funny…
A collection of supernatural stories curated by Ruskin Bond featuring strange creatures, vengeful animals, and eerie landscapes. Authors include Rudyard Kipling, Algernon Blackwood, R.L. Stevenson, and Alice Perrin.
Ruskin Bond humorously recounts quirky party experiences in "Party Time in Mussoorie," showcasing his wit and charm despite his tendency to throw things at people. The collection captures the amusing…
A household enforces strict punishment for all wrongdoings, showing no mercy. An epic battle between cruelty and humaneness unfolds, involving animals and humans. Adventures in Indian forests, battlefields, and Russian…
The bazaar is bustling with election chaos and last-minute canvassing. Amidst the frenzy, the author encounters a beautiful soul in a sleepy mountain town. Stories unfold of drama, joys, and…
Once upon a time, there was a Raja who owned a parrot, and its name was Hiramantota.
There was a clumsy flapping of wings, a tremendous swelling of the bird’s wattle, and an undignified getting up, as if it were a floored boxer doing his best to…
Walking home at midnight in Landour can be quite eventful… I have smelled a leopard without seeing it. I have seen jackals on the prowl. I have watched foxes dance…
As the light came on, I saw the cat standing at the foot of the bed, tail erect and hair on end. It was very angry. And then…its appearance changed…
This is a collection of Ruskin Bond’s “small town’ stories. Meet Ranji’s wonderful bat which is his lucky charm, along with wacky parrots, ostriches, owls and a number of idiosyncratic…
This is a collection of hair-raising horror stories that are bound to make your flesh creep, written by the undisputed masters of the genre. Selected and compiled by Ruskin Bond…
This book weaves together a selection of Ruskin Bond’s essays and writings to bring to the reader the rich tapestry of his life, peppered as it is with delightful eccentricities…
In this delightful read, Ruskin Bond has written about his special friends-the majestic trees on the mountain slopes that he visits regularly and the birds, animals, and insects that visit…
The Great Retreat is an anthology of exciting short fiction written by some of the most popular names of the nineteenth and twentieth century. Selected by Ruskin Bond, stories of…
Brings together a heart-warming selection of Bond’s popular stories, as well as excerpts from his diaries, anecdotes, and his lesser-known works.
Written by masters of the genre such as E. and H. Heron, Arthur Morrison, Lt. Col. W.H. Sleeman and Margery Allingham. These tales will make you want to keep the…
Tales of Long Ago will be your window of escape to times and places that have been lost to the onward march of urban life.
The unknown is often something that piques the interest of a reader and a traveller. While legends and myths are universally liked, it is the tales of the locals that…
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There are many who as they grow older, long to reach out to their friends from school. And then there are others who are lucky enough to have friends from…
A man dreams of independence and connection, while emphasizing the importance of friendships and encounters in shaping one's identity. Ruskin Bond's "The Yellow Umbrella" explores love, friends, companions, and books…
The text explores the idea of running away with someone but ultimately deciding against it due to fear of failure. It reflects on the lasting impact certain individuals can have…
Thirteen hair-raising stories to make your flesh creep. Here are literary master pieces by Kipling, Saki, Algernon Blackwood and others with tales filled with chilling terror and unfathomable horror.
An evocative and affectionate memoir of Mussoorie, Ruskin Bond’s hometown, with humourous observations of the social fabric of its society.
Collection of fourteen fictional and autobiographical short stories.
Part of the bestselling ‘Little Book’ series, a new title by India’s favourite author Ruskin Bond
What can a flower teach us about courage? Or a little red ant?
When…
'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…
'We don't have to circle the world in order to find beauty and fulfilment. After all, most of living has to happen in the mind. And, to quote one anonymous…
This is a collection of short stories and poems that Ruskin Bond loved in his childhood.Includes stories by master writers like Lewis Carroll, P.G. Wodehouse and Rudyard Kipling.Contains a varied…
Trees are vital for life on Earth but often taken for granted. Ruskin Bond's book highlights their importance and the need to protect them for the future.
The Shadow on the Wall brings together Ruskin Bond’s most chilling works of fright and terror. The twenty-one stories in this book include classics such as ‘A Face in the…
Walking through Delhi brings Ruskin Bond face-to-face with a host of colourful characters-the formidable Punjabi matriarch ‘Bhabiji’ of Rajouri who presides over her bustling joint family; Kamla who strikes up…
With a repertoire of ghostly themes, claustrophobic setting and threatening situations, the grisly tales in this volume will not disappoint young horror addicts. From empty houses, ghostly dolls and laughing…
Ruskin Bond is a master of the short story. This pitch-perfect collection brings together the very best tales he has written in the twenty-first century. The book starts with the…
In hisong and celebrated career, Gulzar has worked with the doyens of Bollywood and he commands the highest respect as a soulfulyricist, insightful script-writer, sensitive director and compassionate human being.
There are so many lovely things to see, there is so much to do, so much fun to be had and so many charming and interesting people to meet. How…
Where does beauty live? Where should we travel to find it?
Is a dawn without birdsong still beautiful?
What might we see through the branches of a cherry tree at…
From Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling to Satyajit Ray and R. K. Narayan, this text is a collection of spine-chilling tales of the supernatural from India.
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Rain in the Mountains brings together some of Ruskin Bond’s most beautiful works from his years spent in the foothills of the Himalayas in the town of Mussoorie. Through vivid…
The stories in this collection capture the essence of the Indian Railways - from the small-town station, at the time of the Raj, to the present day big-city station bursting…
Autobiographical reminiscences of author about his childhood and youth.
