At School With Ruskin Bond

by Ruskin Bond

In this unique collection of stories, Ruskin Bond recalls his schooldays with humour and affection. He remembers the honour of being a Boy Scout, the pleasure of belonging to a secret club, the discovery of a passion for reading and much more...

Genres: Fiction

128 pages, Paperback

About the author

Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors and a top novelist. He wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen which won John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novellas, over 500 short stories, as well as various essays and poems, all of which have established him as one of the best-loved and most admired chroniclers of contemporary India. In 1992 he received the Sahitya Akademi award for English writing, for his short stories collection, "Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra", by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children's literature. He now lives with his adopted family in Landour near Mussoorie.

Reviews

[Srinidhi.R Srinidhi.R · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Ruskin Bond entertainer..loved the cricket stories..

[Durgesh · Rating 5 out of 5]

nice stories very good its was ammazing

[Sarthak Arya]

Yes

[Mohib · Rating 5 out of 5]

awesome book like evey ruskin bond it forces you to imagine!#$@@@

[Tanu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely Stories. Bond is the only author whose books I can re-read through out my life and never get bored.

[Aksha]

bdi hi ghtiya story h

[Aman Khannawliya · Rating 5 out of 5]

hi

[Ruby · Rating 5 out of 5]

School time !!!!!!

[Dhwani · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book entertained me to the brim and left me nostalgic. It's hilarious to read out very dear Ruskin Bond's school adventures.

[Pavitra]

good

[Varun Sharma]

can i read it

[Karan Vaibhav · Rating 5 out of 5]

good book

[Kamya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not poenning

[Aditya Singh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Slice of life....

[Yojana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very very good. Cant describe much in words but Ruskin always bring elemnts of imagination so fulfilling. His life is wonderful and interesting indeed.
Loved the chapters of Omar and Flames.

[Rose Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful as always. Reading and re-reading Ruskin Bond books brings so much joy. This one took me back to my school days.

[A_Chirping_Aquarian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved it

[Ayush Kurundwad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent collection of stories. Sometimes sad, sometimes fun and sometimes nostalgic, but always carrying the good old Ruskin Bond charm.

[Sahil · Rating 5 out of 5]

I never enojoyed at school ,but I very much enjoyed the School with Ruskin Bond now.Thanks.I admire bond in more as person and as an inspirational storyteller.
A really very goodread.

[Hiranya Gupta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing short stories but I did not find it 100 percent satisfactory... Can be more Better I think!

[SUJIT KUMAR]

I like each and ever words of Bond