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Ruskin Bond confirms writing his autobiography
After sharing some major incidents of his life through his short stories, eminent author Ruskin Bond has begun writing his autobiography.
After sharing some major incidents of his life through his short stories, eminent author Ruskin Bond has begun writing his autobiography.
Eighty-year-old Bond, who recently released his new book With Love From The Hills, has been based in Mussoorie for the last five decades, where he lives with his adopted family.
“My new novel, Rusty and the Magical Mountain, is slated to release early next year. I am working on my autobiography and have written 60 pages so far, but it will take a year to be completed. The work is challenging as I have to write about 80 years of my life and also because I’ve already shared many incidents in my short stories,” Bond said.
Born on May 19, 1934, in Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh), Bond is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1992), the Padma Shri (1999) and the Padma Bhushan (2014).
On Saturday, Bond interacted with young readers in Dehradun and answered their queries on the importance of scientists and writers.
“Let there be more scientists as they make our life easy, while writers make you enjoy life,” said Bond, who still prefers to write his manuscripts in ink rather than use a computer.
Bond, who has published a work on the first Australian novelist John Lang, was recently in the news when PM Narendra Modi presented a picture collage on Lang to his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott.
“I came to know through some people that Lang died in Mussoorie. I began the search with the idea that if he died here in 1864, he must be buried in Mussoorie and discovered his grave. Lang was a great writer and barrister; he took out a strong newspaper in his time.”
Sharing an interesting anecdote about his first literary venture, A Room On The Roof, that was published in 1956, Bond said: “I was in England when my novel released. But, when the Illustrated Weekly began serialising my novel, I came to Dehradun to collect a copy from a bookshop. I was walking in the market when a cow came, snatched the copy and chewed it completely. I consider the cow my first fan.”
