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Ruskin Bond
Animals can teach us more about love than we like to admit. They can often be exactly what you need after a long, hard day. A dog greeting you at…
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‘The adventure is not in getting somewhere, it’s the on-the-way experience. It is not the expected; it’s the surprise. Not the fulfilment of prophecy, but the providence of something better…
There is no telling where friendships might be made and how. Friends of My Youth is a collection of short stories by Ruskin Bond on how little and almost seemingly…
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…
If there is one thing that never gets old or boring or repetitive, it is stories that detail the shenanigans of animals. Often extremely entertaining, animals act in certain ways…
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…
A girl named Kiran enters the narrator's life, bringing dreams and hope. Ruskin Bond's "Garden of Dreams" explores youthful desires, love, friendship, and romance, encouraging readers to embrace naivety and…
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.
Great Stories for Children is a potpourri of short stories that effectively transports the reader to the fascinating world of its endearing characters. The ensemble includes Tutu the monkey who…
Ruskin Bond shares his deep connection with nature, from his early days in Maplewood Lodge to his current home in Ivy Cottage. Through his encounters with trees, flowers, birds, and…
A collection of Ruskin Bond's captivating river stories brings to life the beauty and majesty of rivers like the Bhagirathi and Mandakini, with tales of fish, rocks, waterfalls, and legends…
This book takes you back in time as Ruskin Bond relives his memories in timeless classics like “Summertime in Old Delhi’, "Bhabiji’s House’,‘ My Father’s Trees in Dehra’, creating as…
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…
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.
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Includes two treasuries: The Room of Many Colours and Uncles, Aunts and Elephants.A delightful collection of heart-warming stories and poems and non-fiction pieces by master storyteller Ruskin Bond.
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A compilation of love stories and poems from the classical literature and folklore of India Set in regions of great natural beauty where Kamadeva, the god of love, picks his…
For over six decades, Ruskin Bond has celebrated the wonder and beauty of nature as few other contemporary writers have, or indeed can. The Book of Nature brings together the…
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A collection of animal stories, set in India. The author also wrote Flames in the Forest and Getting Grannie’s Glasses .
Sita lived with her grandparents, three goats and hens on a small island that happened to be in the middle of a big river. In the island, they had a…
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A collection of Ruskin Bond’s six novels evoking nostalgia for time gone by.
Rusty, a 16-year-old Anglo-Indian boy, is dissatisfied with life in the declining European community at Dehra Dun. Unhappy with the strict ways of his English guardian, he runs away from…
From travel, suspense, crime, haunted houses, wicked and adventure stories from different periods and places all over the world, Ruskin Bond, our anthologiser par excellence, now shifts his focus. In…
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Ruskin Bond's collection of 21 stories showcases his mastery in capturing India's essence with simplicity and compassion. From classics like 'The Night Train at Deoli' to newer tales like 'Dinner…
Potpourri by Ruskin Bond is a diverse collection of stories spanning horror, romance, humor, crime, and mystery. Realistic glimpses into simple lives with unexpected joys and sorrows, featuring an eclectic…
Ruskin Bond not only brings to life a town in northern India capturing the scenery, the people, the atmosphere - but also shows that children are the same the world…
Meena Khorana
Ruskin Bond is known internationally as one of India’s most prolific writers in English for children, young adults, and adults.
Arup Pal
This book explores the dilemma of Bond’s ‘two selves’ and his existential search for an identity. This exploration, analysed across six chapters, is informed by a variety of postcolonial, historical…
A beautifully written account of the childhood of one of India’s favourite writers‘I am now over eighty years old. A very grand age, when I am allowed to sit…
Carlo Collodi
The ever popular, unforgettable story of a puppet who came to life.
Pinocchio is a wooden puppet who comes alive and starts talking and running about. When Pinocchio is sent…
E Nesbit
Twenty stories from the plays of William Shakespeare (as well as a simple biography of his life) are retold in this volume, first published in 1907. Nesbit does a wonderful…
Cecil Walsh
In 1909, Augusta Fullam, an English memsahib in Meerut, shocked polite English society by falling in love with Dr Clark, an Anglo-Indian of dubious reputation. Clark had long been unhappy…
Lafcadio Hearn
A classic collection of spooky stories about spirits and goblins from ancient Japan.
In the late 1800s, Lafcadio Hearn collected and retold strange and wonderful ghostly tales from old Japanese…
Johanna Spyri
The tale of Heidi, the lonely little girl who finds a new life with her grandfather, is read by Susan Sheridan.
Since he was a young boy, Ruskin Bond has made friends easily. And some of the most rewarding and lasting friendships he has known have been with animals, birds and…