This applies to all book lovers: As an avid reader, we read many books; we have our own favorite authors; even among those, there would be very few authors who would remain to us close-to-heart. Ruskin Bond is one such author.
This applies to all Ruskin Bond lovers: There are scores of people who not just read his books but relish his poetry prose, re-read again and again to cherish those beautiful moments. They pray to god: if there's another birth, let me born in the surroundings of Mussorie/Dehra. Let me live along with those beautiful trees, slopes, streams, Mynahs and with his famous creations like - Binya, Rusty, Somi, Suri, Ranbir. This is the magic of Bond's prose. He has created a different landscape with innocent people, small railway stations, clock towers, bazaars part of it, which, everyone wants to be part of it, while reading.
My first experience with Ruskin Bond Books happened five years before. The Room on the Roof came to me as an Anniversary Gift from one of my close friends. At that time, I had no idea of Ruskin Bond's world and his characters. I started reading his first novel without any pre-conceived notion. Within 2-3 pages, the book took me over completely. By the time, I had finished the novel, I was in awe of the characters and the world painted by Ruskin Bond.
The Room on the Roof is a coming-of-age novel. The hero, Rusty, a British boy in his teens was brought up in a rigid manner by his guardian. Resisting this, Rusty comes out of his home and wanders in the town. There he gets some nice friends and other relationships. Rusty has his own dreams and goals. How these relationships and his dreams alter his life is the basic premise of the novel. But there are a lot more than this. Author's beautiful description of each character - Somi, Suri, Kishen, village life, chat shops makes the book engaging. In one chapter, author's description of rains coming down on the streets is a lovely piece of writing worth reading many times.
With rains outside, curling up in the bed with a cup of hot coffee, soothing classical music(I was listening to Umrao Jaan/Bazaar Songs), this is the best companion for monsoon days.
This applies to all Ruskin Bond lovers: There are scores of people who not just read his books but relish his poetry prose, re-read again and again to cherish those beautiful moments. They pray to god: if there's another birth, let me born in the surroundings of Mussorie/Dehra. Let me live along with those beautiful trees, slopes, streams, Mynahs and with his famous creations like - Binya, Rusty, Somi, Suri, Ranbir. This is the magic of Bond's prose. He has created a different landscape with innocent people, small railway stations, clock towers, bazaars part of it, which, everyone wants to be part of it, while reading.
My first experience with Ruskin Bond Books happened five years before. The Room on the Roof came to me as an Anniversary Gift from one of my close friends. At that time, I had no idea of Ruskin Bond's world and his characters. I started reading his first novel without any pre-conceived notion. Within 2-3 pages, the book took me over completely. By the time, I had finished the novel, I was in awe of the characters and the world painted by Ruskin Bond.
The Room on the Roof is a coming-of-age novel. The hero, Rusty, a British boy in his teens was brought up in a rigid manner by his guardian. Resisting this, Rusty comes out of his home and wanders in the town. There he gets some nice friends and other relationships. Rusty has his own dreams and goals. How these relationships and his dreams alter his life is the basic premise of the novel. But there are a lot more than this. Author's beautiful description of each character - Somi, Suri, Kishen, village life, chat shops makes the book engaging. In one chapter, author's description of rains coming down on the streets is a lovely piece of writing worth reading many times.
With rains outside, curling up in the bed with a cup of hot coffee, soothing classical music(I was listening to Umrao Jaan/Bazaar Songs), this is the best companion for monsoon days.
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