RUSKIN BONDthe man who ha made place in every

person’s heart

Made by Soumya Stuti

RUSKIN BOND BIOGRAPHY

BORN

•19 MAY 1934

•KASAULI, HIMACHAL PRADESH

•NOW LIVES IN LANDOUR, MUSSOORI

FAMOUS NOVELS

•THE ROOM ON THE ROOF

•THE BLUE UMBERLLA

•A FLIGHT FOR PEGIONS

•OUR TREES STILL GROW IN DEHRA

AWARDS

•1999: PADMA SHREE: CHILDREN LITERATURE

•1992: SHITYA AKADMY AWARD: OUR TREES STILL GROW IN DEHRA

•1957: JOHN LLEWELLYN RHYS MEMORIAL PRIZE: THE ROOM ON THE ROOF

LIST OF WORKS

NOVELS ROOM ON THE

ROOF FUNNY SIDE UP VAGRANTS IN THE

VALLEY DELHI IS NOT FAR THE INDIA I LOVE

TRAVELL WRITINGS GANGA DECENDS BEAUTIFUL

MANDIKNI ON THE ROAD TO

BADHRINATH FLOWERS ON THE

GANGA ROADS TO

MUSSOORI

SHORT STORIES

The Room on the Roof Vagrants in the Valley Scenes from a Writer's Life A Flight of Pigeons Landour Days – A writers Journal The Sensualist by Ruskin Bond The Road To The Bazaar The Panther's Moon Once Upon A Monsoon Time Roads To Mussoorie All Roads Lead To Ganga

STYLE OF WRITING

Most of his works are influenced by life in the hill stations at the foothills of the Himalayas, where he spent his childhood. His first novel, The Room On the Roof, was written when he was 17 and published when he was 21. It was partly based on his experiences at Dehra Dun, in his small rented room on the roof, and his friends. Since then he has written over three hundred short stories, essays and novels, including Vagrants in The Valley, The Blue Umbrella, Funny Side Up, A Flight of Pigeons and more than 30 books for children. He has also published two volumes of autobiography. Scenes from a Writer's Life describes his formative years growing up in Anglo-India; The Lamp is Lit is a collection of essays and episodes from his journal.