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Ruskin Bond

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Ruskin Bond (born 19 May 1934) is an Indian author and poet. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, published in 1956, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Bond has authored more than 500 short stories, essays, and novels which include 69 books for children. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra. He was awarded the Padma Shri Award in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan Award in 2014.

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It was three o'clock on a Monday afternoon in July, sunny and warm, the hay-scented air cooled by a sea breeze which blew in from the north.

— from The Empty House

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#1

Night Train at Deoli

4.6 (10)

If you are traveling, this is a great short story book to carry with you in your briefcase or purse. Written by India's best loved author - Ruskin Bond, 'The Night Train At Deoli' and Other Stories, is a fascinating book written by a brilliantly absorbing mind, sketching India's beauty with his words whilst offering picturesque and affectionate accounts of people who, consciously or otherwise need each other; people in love or in need of love, the awkward adolescent and the timid lover. The book also silently mourns the gradually diminishing beauty of the hills of India (and the gentle people living in them) being bogged down to demands of the concrete world. Courtesy: Penguin Books

#2

Cherry Tree

3.3 (4)

Rakesh,a boy , randomly plants a cherry tree ,sees it overcoming all problems and grow, which gives a moral to him.

#3

The blue umbrella

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As soon as Binya saw the beautiful blue silk umbrella she wanted it She wanted it so badly that she was willing to give her lucky leopards claw pendant in exchange No-one in the village had such a fine umbrella and everywhere Binya went the umbrella went too Gradually it faded to a pale blue and was patched in several places but there was still many who envied Binya her treasured possession And the most envious of them all was old Ram Bharosa the shopkeeper who decided that by some means he must own the blue umbrella.

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