Can u please tell me about Ruskin bond?
Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent.He was born in Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh). His father was Aubrey Alexander Bond who served in the RAF during World War II.At the age of ten Ruskin went to his grandmother’s in Dehra because of his fathers sudden death due to frequent bouts of malaria and jaundice. He has lived in Landour since the 1960s, having previously also lived, as a child and young man, in Shimla, Jamnagar, Mussoorie, Dehradun, and London. Most of his writings show a strong influence from the social life in the hill stations at the foothills of the Himalayas, where he spent his childhood. His first novel was “The Room On the Roof”, published when he was 21 and partly based on the experiences at Dehra in his small rented room on the roof and his friends. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children’s authors and a top novelist earlier. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children’s literature.
