Question

Summary of on being an indian bu ruskin bond

Answer 1

Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He lives with his adopted family in Landour, Mussoorie, India. The Indian Council for Child Education has recognised his role in the growth of children's literature in India.

Answer 2

Children of India

Explanation:

• This chapter is written by very famous writer Ruskin Bond.
• In this lesson the narrator describes the  difficulties that the Indian children face while going to school.
• These children belong from different  areas like deserts, mountains, plains etc.
• Here he tells about a ten years old boy Ran b i r. He climbs a  mountain four miles distant and two thousand feet below the town level.
• He goes to school in all the  weathers, wearing the same pair of cheap shoes until they have almost fallen apart.
• For this the narrator gives the example of a girl Bi n d ra who is fourteen years old.

• These children face many difficulties to go to school. Like R an bir  and his friends cross deodar forest daily.
• As winter approaches and days grow shorter, those children who live far away must quicken their pace in order to reach home before dark.
• Its dark at six and R an bir likes to be out of the deodar forest.
• Usually, he has company of other boys and they all sing  loudly to frighten away the forest demons.
• Not only in hills, but all over the India, children are constantly making their way to and from school, in conditions that range from dust storms in the  deserts of Rajasthan to blizzards in Lad akh and Kashmir.
• In the Gan jam district of Orissa, children  swim or wade across the Dha nei River every day in order to reach school in the absence of a bridge.
• Holding books or bags aloft in one hand, they do the breaststroke or dog paddle with the other, or  form a chain and help each other across.
• In the larger towns and cities, there are school buses, but in  the remote areas, it is a big problem.
• The narrator says wherever you go in India you will find children  helping out with the family’s source of livelihood.
• Only some fortunate parents can afford to send their  children to English medium schools and those children are really fortunate.
• While the great majority  children in India still attend schools run by the state or municipality.
• These vary from the good to the  bad, depending on how they are run and where they are situated.