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Ruskin Bond (born 19 May 1934) 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. He was awarded the Sahitya Academy Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, his novel in English. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.[1]
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I first discovered Ruskin Bond on a hot afternoon in Agartala. My mother, sister and I were spending the summer with my father, an army officer, who was stationed there.
There wasn’t much to do for a young teen in the army cantonment, so I spent most of my days at the library, which had a modest collection of books. I casually picked up Bond’s Delhi Is Not Far on one such day and was immediately drawn into his gentle, unassuming, non-judgmental world.
Since that day, I’ve searched for and devoured every one of Ruskin Bond’s works. Like me, he was shy and dreamy and enjoyed the company of the written word above that of people.
Bond’s father died suddenly of malaria at 46, when Bond was just 10—a cruel blow for the young boy. It’s remarkable how Bond writes about his father’s
untimely death with a quiet dignity.
Moved as I was by Bond’s memories of his father, little did I know that I would soon be experiencing his pain first-hand. When I was 21, my father too suddenly passed away after a brief illness. Looking back at the time immediately after my father’s passing, all I remember is a feeling of utter disbelief, of thinking, This is temporary. Soon it’ll be over and he’ll be back.
Only it didn’t. He didn’t return. Slowly, the permanence of my loss started sinking in. I sought refuge in my beloved books, and no other author gave me as much relief as did my beloved Ruskin Bond.
I read and re-read Bond’s memories of his father, of his feelings post his demise. One day, on a whim, I decided to write to him. I felt he was one of the very few people who really understood what I was going through, and I wanted to reach out to him. So I penned a brief letter expressing my gratitude to him for seeing me through by far the most difficult time in my life and sent it off simply addressed to 'Ruskin Bond, Mussoorie'.
Imagine my surprise and delight when, a few weeks later, a letter arrived from him, addressed to me! It said:
Dear Radhika,
Thank you for your letter. I can well imagine what a difficult time you have undergone and am glad my writing has afforded you some measure of solace. Take heart in knowing that you will always have your father’s memories— something that neither time nor space can take away from you.
I wish I could write to you at greater length but time presses and unfinished tasks loom large.
Take care and all my best wishes, Ruskin Bond,
Ivy Cottage, Landour
Q7. Write two similarities the writer thinks Ruskin Bond and he have.
Q8.’ Only it didn’t.’ What didn’t happen? How did it affect the writer?
Q9. Do you agree with the advice given by Ruskin Bond to the writer in the letter? Why?