Ruskin Bond – Biography:
Ruskin Bond – Biography
List of Works:
List of Works Novels The Room on the Roof Vagrants in the Valley Delhi is not Far A Flight of Pigeons The Sensualist The India I Love Rain in the Mountains The Lamp is Lit Funny Side Up Strangers in the Night Songs and Love Poems Lost Love lyric for Binya Devi It isn't time thats passing Kites Essays and Vignettes Life at my own pace The old gramophone A little world of mud Adventures of a book lover Upon an old wall dreaming Landour days Funny Side Up Travel Writings Tales of the open road Ganga descends Beautiful Mandakini On the road to Badrinath Flowers on the Ganga Roads to Mussoorie Anmol is the best The Road To Bazaar Film Credits Junoon (1978 film) Flight of Pigeons - Writer 156 Cherry tree Lovers observed Lone fox dancing Secondhand shop in a hill station A frog screams A song for lost friends Raindrop Granny's tree climbing Abhishek's life The blue umbrella
List of Works:
List of Works The Woman on Platform 8 Cricket for the Crocodile The Blue Umbrella Ghost Trouble Angry River Dust on the Mountain A Guardian Angel The Photograph Death of a Familiar The Coral Tree The Kite Maker The Window The Monkeys The Girl on the Train Chachi's Funeral The Prospect of Flowers The Man who was Kipling A Case for Inspector Lal Sita and the River Love is a Sad Song When You Can't Climb Trees Anymore A Love of Long Ago The Funeral The Night Train at Deoli Time Stops at Shamli Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra Pret in the House My Grandfather's Private Zoo A Life in the Dark The Girl from Copenhagen Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright Tiger in the House My Father's Trees in Dehra The Thief Short stories
Book Review – The Cherry Tree:
Book Review – The Cherry Tree Story in Brief Favourite Character Why I like this Character Favourite part in the book
Book Review – The Cherry Tree:
Book Review – The Cherry Tree Story in Brief While coming back from school, Rakesh was having the cherries that were very sweet and yummy. Hi grandfather encourages him to plant the seed in his mouth and watch the cherry tree grow. When the Cherry Tree was a small plant, its leaves were eaten by the goat and was also accidently cut in half by the gardener. Rakesh was sad to learn this, but to his surprise, the Cherry Tree continue to grow. When it reached the Rakesh’s height, it started bearing fruits and later gave shelter to the grandfather. It shows the determination of the Cherry Tree. We also must not give in and continue to grow in life. Best Character : Grandfather Why : He encourages Ramesh to plant a tree and see how it grows up into a fruit bearing tree Best Part : When the Cherry Tree continues to grow even after being cut in half. That shows the determination.
Book Review – Angry River:
Book Review – Angry River Story in Brief Favourite Character Why I like this Character Favourite part in the book
Book Review – Angry River:
Book Review – Angry River Angry River is about Sita , a girl who lives with her grandparents in a hut on an island. Her grandfather is a fisherman. Their hut is made partly of mud with one of the walls leaning against a rock and the other three walls are of mud. At the beginning of the story, Sita's grandmother is extremely ill and Sita's grandfather plans to take her grandmother to the hospital in town. He leaves in a boat with three of his goats and tells Sita that he will be back in a few days. He also warns her of the rain saying that the rain might cause a flood and that if the level of the water goes very high, she must climb the peepal tree on the island. Soon, the rain begins to pour. Sita goes outside and realizes that there is a flood. She sees a few things floating around in the water. She hurriedly packs some spices, fish ,her grandmother's saree , and grandfather's hookah in a trunk. She then climbs up the peepal tree forgetting her doll, Mumta . The flood soon reaches the level of the peepal tree and she almost gives up hope when she sees a boy in a boat trying to rescue her. The boy rescues her, but she forgets about Mumta . Once the two are out of danger, the boy introduces himself as Krishan . They eat mangoes that were there in the boat. Never before did Sita eat mangoes that were as sweet as the ones Krishan had offered. Sita later comes to know that her grandmother had died and she returns to the island with her grandfather to build a new house and start life normally. Best Character : Sita Why : She is brave and survives the flood. She also enjoys the company of new friends and starts her new life after the loss of her Grandmother and her doll Best Part : When, after loosing her doll in floods, Sita finds a new friend in Krishna who saves her