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At 91, Ruskin Bond releases 'Life's Magic Moments', rich in reflections and dreams. Cherish the cherished author’s wisdom and storytelling magic.

Ruskin Bond Celebrates 91st Birthday with New Book

Renowned author Ruskin Bond, at 91, releases 'Life’s Magic Moments', reflecting his timeless dreams and lifelong literary journey, inspiring readers everywhere.

India’s storyteller Ruskin Bond turns 91 today

Ruskin Bond, at 91, launched 'Life&rsquo;s Magic Moments', exploring dreams, writing resilience, and profound life reflections; a testament to his enduring positivity.

Author, raconteur and simply one of India&rsquo;s most loved storytellers Ruskin Bond turns 91 on Monday, quietly rebelling against the lyrics of the song that still enchants him - &ldquo;When I Grow Too Old To Dream&rdquo;.
&ldquo;&hellip; it&rsquo;s a pretty song, an old Nelson Eddy favourite, but the words are wrong. We are never too old to dream,&rdquo; the indefatigable Bond writes in his latest book &ldquo;Life&rsquo;s Magic Moments&rdquo; that launched on his birthday.
His birthday is always an occasion. And the book's official launch, planned at Mussoorie&rsquo;s Cambridge Book Depot, close to his home in Landour, was set to be one too. However, it was called off by the author as a mark of respect for the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack.
His latest book at just 120 beautifully illustrated pages is a treasure trove of life lessons, musings, and memorable quotes.
It&rsquo;s a ramble through Bond&rsquo;s life -- from his favorite flowers and unputdownable books to his obsession with pickles and his sunroom at the famed Ivy Cottage, his residence in Landour. He speaks eloquently of the loneliness of a writer and, most importantly, his dreams.
"... These are some of the things I dream of: apple, peach and plum trees in bloom.. finishing the book I'm writing, and I dream of seeing the books I wrote last year appear in the coming months... Seeing my family prosper... All the books I am going to read -- the new ones and the old favourites.
"I dream of old friends, and I dream of new friends. I dream of a world where flowers still bloom and birds still sing. I dream of things that didn't happen. Perhaps they will one day," Bond writes.
Born on May 19, 1934, in Kasauli, Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi, and Dehradun. He made Landour his permanent home in 1963.
Landour, the quiet mountain town in Uttarakhand, has for years drawn fans hoping to catch a glimpse of the reclusive Bond -- perhaps sipping tea at the famous Chaar Dukaan, a cluster of shops along a winding road, or through the window of his sunroom.
When Bond's grandson Sidharth created his Instagram account, which in no time amassed over two lakh followers, Bond jokingly said, "I hope they all don't turn up here together one day." "Lots of people come, knocking at the door, ringing the bell, wanting to meet me. Now, how can I spend all day meeting them? Still, I meet people sometimes when I can," Bond told PTI last year in an interview on his 90th birthday.
It has been nearly 70 years since the release of his debut novel "The Room on the Roof" in 1956. Almost 500 books later, Bond reflects on a "fairly satisfying literary journey" in his latest.
He says three simple items have sustained him throughout the years -- "a large notepad, a ballpoint pen, and a pair of old reading glasses", still resting beside him on his table.
A lifelong writer -- something he always aspired to be -- Bond also shares his thoughts on his journey in &ldquo;Life&rsquo;s Magic Moments&rdquo;. It can be a &ldquo;lonely path&rdquo; and one that demands resilience through &ldquo;heartbreaks&rdquo; and a commitment to writing for oneself.
"An author is his own best audience. After all, his little masterpiece may not find more than a handful of readers, so he must not be content with the satisfaction that he derives from his creative effort.
"My first book of poems sold 20 copies. I gave away a few copies, hoping for some kind reader's approval. When I asked one of them if he liked the book, he said 'Terrific! The illustrations were great!" writes Bond, as always gently blending wit with wisdom.
Bond has received numerous awards and honours, including the Sahitya Akademi Award for English writing in 1992, the Padma Shri in 1999, the Padma Bhushan in 2014 and the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2021.
The ace raconteur, whose repertoire includes short stories, essays and novellas, lives in a house overflowing with books: on shelves, in boxes, in drawers, under his desk, in the attic, and even beneath his bed.
But then books are his friends -- and from the looks of it he doesn&rsquo;t like to part with most, except for the few that he gives away willingly, according to the book.
His "special friends" include an early Penguin edition of Richard Jefferies' "The Story of My Heart", JR Ackerley's "Hindoo Holiday" (first published in 1930), P.G Wodehouse's "Meet Mr. Mulliner".
In fact, according to Bond, "good books make good doctors" too as it helped him recover from his illness.
"Stacy Aumonier's short stories saw me through hepatitis when I was fifteen. Wlliam Saroyan made a hospital bed tolerable when I was twenty... How fortunate are we who read books! It's like finding an oasis in the desert of existence," he explains.
The eternally optimistic Bond, who carries little regret and immense gratitude, says in his latest work that his ability to "look on the bright side, hope for the best, and place trust in fellow humans"&mdash;even when that trust was occasionally misplaced -- has helped him navigate the 90 years of his life.
Grappling with dwindling eyesight and gout, Bond still finds childlike joy in the smallest of things -- like a cosmos flower in bloom, the song of a whistling thrush, or the glow of fireflies on a rainy night -- and vouches for the quiet strength of a &ldquo;cheerful disposition&rdquo; in a world consumed by power.
"Who would want to go down in history as a Putin or a Trump or one of the thousand others seeking power and glory... Don't make a lot of noise. Just go out quietly and plant your seeds, and one day the world will be green again, and marigolds will grow from the barrels of guns," he concludes.
"Life's Magic Moments", published by Penguin Random House India and priced at Rs 399, is available for purchase across online and offline stores.

The doctor has ordered him to go slow on pickle, he has cut down on his quota of vodka and now finds Charles Dickens boring but Ruskin Bond, who celebrates his 88th birthday on Thursday, is indefatigable when it comes to penning stories - quite literally.
India's favourite author has moved from his trusted typewriter to pen and writing pad, his appetite for writing seemingly as strong as that of a 17-year-old -- the age he wrote his debut novel "The Room on the Roof".
Since that first work in 1956, he has written over 500 short stories, essays and novellas along with more than 50 books for children. And there's plenty more from where those came from.
"In India, you don't run out of stories or material of stories because something is happening all the time. There is never a dull moment, not just in the country as a whole but in your own city, small town or village. Life is constantly in a process of change or upheavals," Bond told PTI in a phone interview from Landour.
"If you are living in Europe, Britain or America it is monotonous. Everybody is living a similar sort of existence, the same custom, the same language or the same way. Here we have different languages, customs, ethnicity or backgrounds. It's a whole different canvas. Also, I am a compulsive writer." Bond, who calls himself a prolific reader and compulsive writer, still writes for at least an hour every morning.
His latest book, "Listen to Your Heart: The London Adventure'', to be released on his 88th birthday, gives readers a peek into the four years he spent in the Channel Islands and England.
The fifth -- and final - volume of his memoir, it talks about how he muses over his loneliness, switches jobs, falls in love, befriends the ocean and relentlessly chases his big dream of becoming a famous writer.
Born in 1934 in Kasauli, Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart from a few years abroad, he has spent all his life in India.
He lives with his adopted family in Uttarakhand's small cantonment town of Landour, which for years has been attracting fans hoping to have a glimpse of the celebrity author in a tea shop, somewhere on the winding roads or a fleeting look through the window of his home.
Bond said he read and wrote way more than usual over the past few years, particularly during the Covid induced lockdown when there was nothing else to do.
"Normally, I would have read three to four books in a month, but then over the last year I read three-four books in a week. And if it was a short novel or crime thriller, I would finish it in one day," he said.
The award-winning author did admit to a change in his literary tastes and said he now likes writing and reading short-stories or crime fiction over big fat novels.
"Now that I am 88 I can't read or write a big fat novel because I may not finish it. So I am working on shorter things. Like writing limericks, essays or enjoy reading crime fiction.
"I read a couple of novels by an old favourite of mine American novelist and short story writer Patrician Highsmith, then I like reading biographies also .. The unknown lives of celebrated writers have always intrigued me," Bond said.
Bond also said he no longer feels like reading the same kind of books.
For instance, the complete works of English writer Charles Dickens that he enjoyed as a boy is something he finds "boring" as an old man.
"I can't read Dickens because it's long and tedious, and has got too much description. I prefer short stories .. So yes the taste changes when you grow old. Some of the authors that I enjoyed when I was young don't give me the same pleasure now. I have to keep discovering new writers. But the urge to read is always there," he noted. Bond has received numerous awards and honours, including Sahitya Akademi Award for English writing in 1992, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.
Having achieved so much in his life has the thought of retiring ever crossed his mind? He replied saying a writer like him who gets "no pension or provident fund" can never retire.
"My bank manager would tell me, 'Mr Bond, your bank balance has fallen very low this month -- which is something that he says very often over the years -- so it has to be replenished'. And the only way I can do it is by writing and getting published," he said in a lighter vein.
Grateful to his loving fans and kind family which fusses over him "like a child", Bond said old age can be tough if one has major ailments but he has been lucky that way to keep illness at bay -- that too without taking any serious effort to achieve the same.
"There are no restrictions. But yes since the doctor tells me to cut down on salt, because of my high blood pressure, I try to avoid eating too much pickle which I love.
"Also, like a good boy I have cut down on my two glasses of vodka -- one with lots of orange juice -- to one per day." Published by Penguin Random House India (PRHI), the 104-page "Listen To Your Heart", priced at Rs 299, hopes to be an "inspiration for aspiring young writers, a meditation on embracing fears, seizing every opportunity but most importantly living one’s dreams".

Ruskin Bond turns 88: what inspires one of India's favourite author to continue writing

Even at 88 years, Ruskin Bond puts his pen to paper everyday. He calls himself a 'compulsive writer' but what is it that inspires him to continue writing. 

Born in 1934 in Kasauli, Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart from a few years abroad, he has spent all his life in India.

The doctor has ordered him to go slow on pickle, he has cut down on his quota of vodka and now finds Charles Dickens boring but Ruskin Bond, who celebrates his 88th birthday on Thursday, is indefatigable when it comes to penning stories - quite literally.
India's favourite author has moved from his trusted typewriter to pen and writing pad, his appetite for writing seemingly as strong as that of a 17-year-old -- the age he wrote his debut novel "The Room on the Roof".
Since that first work in 1956, he has written over 500 short stories, essays and novellas along with more than 50 books for children. And there's plenty more from where those came from.
"In India, you don't run out of stories or material of stories because something is happening all the time. There is never a dull moment, not just in the country as a whole but in your own city, small town or village. Life is constantly in a process of change or upheavals," Bond told PTI in a phone interview from Landour.
"If you are living in Europe, Britain or America it is monotonous. Everybody is living a similar sort of existence, the same custom, the same language or the same way. Here we have different languages, customs, ethnicity or backgrounds. It's a whole different canvas. Also, I am a compulsive writer." Bond, who calls himself a prolific reader and compulsive writer, still writes for at least an hour every morning.
His latest book, "Listen to Your Heart: The London Adventure'',&nbsp; released on his 88th birthday, gives readers a peek into the four years he spent in the Channel Islands and England.
The fifth -- and final - volume of his memoir, it talks about how he muses over his loneliness, switches jobs, falls in love, befriends the ocean and relentlessly chases his big dream of becoming a famous writer.
Born in 1934 in Kasauli, Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart from a few years abroad, he has spent all his life in India.
He lives with his adopted family in Uttarakhand's small cantonment town of Landour, which for years has been attracting fans hoping to have a glimpse of the celebrity author in a tea shop, somewhere on the winding roads or a fleeting look through the window of his home.
Bond said he read and wrote way more than usual over the past few years, particularly during the Covid induced lockdown when there was nothing else to do.
"Normally, I would have read three to four books in a month, but then over the last year I read three-four books in a week. And if it was a short novel or crime thriller, I would finish it in one day," he said.
The award-winning author did admit to a change in his literary tastes and said he now likes writing and reading short-stories or crime fiction over big fat novels.
"Now that I am 88 I can't read or write a big fat novel because I may not finish it. So I am working on shorter things. Like writing limericks, essays or enjoy reading crime fiction.
"I read a couple of novels by an old favourite of mine American novelist and short story writer Patrician Highsmith, then I like reading biographies also .. The unknown lives of celebrated writers have always intrigued me," Bond said.
Bond also said he no longer feels like reading the same kind of books.
For instance, the complete works of English writer Charles Dickens that he enjoyed as a boy is something he finds "boring" as an old man.
"I can't read Dickens because it's long and tedious, and has got too much description. I prefer short stories .. So yes the taste changes when you grow old. Some of the authors that I enjoyed when I was young don't give me the same pleasure now. I have to keep discovering new writers. But the urge to read is always there," he noted. Bond has received numerous awards and honours, including Sahitya Akademi Award for English writing in 1992, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.
Having achieved so much in his life has the thought of retiring ever crossed his mind? He replied saying a writer like him who gets "no pension or provident fund" can never retire.
"My bank manager would tell me, 'Mr Bond, your bank balance has fallen very low this month -- which is something that he says very often over the years -- so it has to be replenished'. And the only way I can do it is by writing and getting published," he said in a lighter vein.
Grateful to his loving fans and kind family which fusses over him "like a child", Bond said old age can be tough if one has major ailments but he has been lucky that way to keep illness at bay -- that too without taking any serious effort to achieve the same.
"There are no restrictions. But yes since the doctor tells me to cut down on salt, because of my high blood pressure, I try to avoid eating too much pickle which I love.
"Also, like a good boy I have cut down on my two glasses of vodka -- one with lots of orange juice -- to one per day." Published by Penguin Random House India (PRHI), the 104-page "Listen To Your Heart", priced at Rs 299, hopes to be an "inspiration for aspiring young writers, a meditation on embracing fears, seizing every opportunity but most importantly living one&rsquo;s dreams".

Renowned author Ruskin Bond left his followers delighted on Sunday, when he shared a photograph of his favourite book on Facebook. In the photograph, the 86-year-old can be seen sitting in a room surrounded with books, dressed in woollen clothes along with the Oxford English Dictionary in his hands. The caption of the post read 'My favourite book'!. The Internet showered love to the author, calling him an inspiration.

Can you guess which is Ruskin Bond's favourite book?

Ruskin Bond left his followers delighted on Sunday, when he shared a photograph of his favourite book. Can you guess?

Renowned author Ruskin Bond left his followers delighted on Sunday, when he shared a photograph of his favourite book on Facebook. In the photograph, the 86-year-old can be seen sitting in a room surrounded with books. He is seen dressed in woollen clothes with the Oxford English Dictionary in his hands. The caption of the post read 'My favourite book'!. The Internet showered love on the author, calling him an inspiration.

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