BOYHOOD DREAMS AND OTHER TALES

Ruskin Bond is known for his signature simplistic and witty writing style. He is the author ofseveral bestselling short stories, novellas, collections, essays and children's books and has contributeda number of poems and articles to various magazines and anthologies. At the age of twenty-threehe won the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for his first novel, The Room on the Roof. He wasalso the recipient of the Padma Shri in 1999, Lifetime Achievement Award by the Delhi Governmentin 2012 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.Born in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart fromthree years in the UK, he has spent all his life in India, and now lives in Landour, Mussoorie, withhis adopted family.

Dreams-what are they made of? One spoon of hope, a scoop of passion and a drizzle of fantasy!It is the quickest escape route to our happy place-where the fountain of joy is never-ending. Askjust about anyone, and see them telling you their deepest desires with misty eyes and soft smiles...Just like Kamal, a lanky young boy, selling knick-knacks on the streets of Shahganj for a living.Resilient as a tree, he smiles through his misfortunes and has big dreams of going to bigger cities.Or Suraj, who's bored of town life but fascinated by the forest, its inhabitants and the night mailand comes back again and again to listen to the tales woven by the forest watchman. Or like thepair of quirky oddballs at a boarding school in Shimla who become best of friends, and dream ofescaping the violence of the Partition through a secret tunnel...Bringing together the finest writings of Ruskin Bond, Boyhood Dreams and Other Tales will enchantthose who dream with their eyes open!