A significant majority of us tend to wither away with the passage of father time, while only a very few of us tend to buck this trend and actually better ourselves as time goes on.......
Celebrated writer, conservationist and sometime poet Ruskin Bond is one such person who has only gotten better with the passage of time and the Padma Bhushan Awardee marked his 80th birthday in grand style in thequeen of hill stations Mussoorie by launching two more books on Monday.........
Flanked by scores/legions of his fawning and doting young fans Mr. Bond released his two latest tour de forces "Jungle Omnibus" and "Love Among The Bookshelves" at an idyllic book store strategically located on MUssoorie's iconic Mall Road.........
Local legislator Ganesh Joshi, chairman of the Mussoorie municipal Board, Manmohan Singh Mall and well known author Ganesh Saili also took the time out to grace the occasion and extend their best wishes to Mr. Bond on a life well spent........
One may do well to remember the fact that Ruskin Bond has been a resident of Mussoorie since 1963 and almost all of his novels, short stories, anthologies of poems and other works have been written in the tranquil and serene surroundings of the same........
An otherwise recalcitrant and reserved Mr. Bond had more than amply shown his firebrand and conservationist side during the late 1970's/early 1980's when limestone quarrying by unscrupulous elements had seriously threatened to scar the green cover of this area permanently; Mr. Bond had directly approached the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi after his entreaties to the local power centres fell on deaf ears and made sure of the fact that limestone quarrying soon became a thing from the past........
Mr. Ruskin Bond was bestowed with the Sahitya Akademi Award for his collection of short stories entitled "Our Trees Still Grow In Dehra" in the year 1992 and was conferred with the Padma Shri in 1999, with the Padma Bhushan being awarded to him earlier this year being the crowning glory of his noteworthy and exemplary literary achievements..........
Here's wishing one of Mother India's favourite sons a long, happening and healthy life and also many more novels to come..........
Celebrated writer, conservationist and sometime poet Ruskin Bond is one such person who has only gotten better with the passage of time and the Padma Bhushan Awardee marked his 80th birthday in grand style in thequeen of hill stations Mussoorie by launching two more books on Monday.........
Flanked by scores/legions of his fawning and doting young fans Mr. Bond released his two latest tour de forces "Jungle Omnibus" and "Love Among The Bookshelves" at an idyllic book store strategically located on MUssoorie's iconic Mall Road.........
Local legislator Ganesh Joshi, chairman of the Mussoorie municipal Board, Manmohan Singh Mall and well known author Ganesh Saili also took the time out to grace the occasion and extend their best wishes to Mr. Bond on a life well spent........
One may do well to remember the fact that Ruskin Bond has been a resident of Mussoorie since 1963 and almost all of his novels, short stories, anthologies of poems and other works have been written in the tranquil and serene surroundings of the same........
An otherwise recalcitrant and reserved Mr. Bond had more than amply shown his firebrand and conservationist side during the late 1970's/early 1980's when limestone quarrying by unscrupulous elements had seriously threatened to scar the green cover of this area permanently; Mr. Bond had directly approached the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi after his entreaties to the local power centres fell on deaf ears and made sure of the fact that limestone quarrying soon became a thing from the past........
Mr. Ruskin Bond was bestowed with the Sahitya Akademi Award for his collection of short stories entitled "Our Trees Still Grow In Dehra" in the year 1992 and was conferred with the Padma Shri in 1999, with the Padma Bhushan being awarded to him earlier this year being the crowning glory of his noteworthy and exemplary literary achievements..........
Here's wishing one of Mother India's favourite sons a long, happening and healthy life and also many more novels to come..........
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