1434 Ruskin Bond at the window of his Ivy cottage overlooking the Landour bazaar. Photo by the writer
Rajnish Wattas
“Well, I have always worked from home as a writer, so no complaints,” he chuckles, as we talk on his squeaky landline phone about lockdown restrictions. Ever in good cheer and uplifting, Ruskin Bond is my ‘go to man’ amid the gloom of the pandemic.
A major part of Bond’s literary oeuvre includes children s books. The Indian Council for Child Education has recognised his role in the growth of children s literature in India.
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The challenge of writing for children is to get their attention straightaway and have a good story. The beginning should be good to draw their attention or else they will just go away.
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There are people of a certain vintage, children of the 1980s and 90s, who remember an English children’s magazine called
Target. In our house, we were enthusiastic readers of
Target. We didn’t get much else Indian fare. For that, there were stories and novels in Bengali. But in English we read Enid Blyton, the classics, and Tintin. Into this world, came
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Tribute to Manoj Das, the celebrated bilingual writer
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Odisha’s eminent litterateur Manoj Das was loved both locally and globally
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Odisha’s eminent litterateur Manoj Das was loved both locally and globally
“Do you have books by Manoj Das,” a young man asked the owner of the oldest book stall in Bhubaneswar some months ago. “Which book are you looking for,” asked the owner. “Pack all those available with you,” replied the young man.
The celebrated writer Manoj Das
“Are you buying these books for a library?” I asked out of curiosity. “No, these are for my sister who lives in America. Our entire family loves Manoj Das’ writing,” he said, leaving with a big bag of books.