Roads to Mussoorie

Roads to Mussoorie

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Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 125
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788129106995

Description

Roads to Mussoorie is a memorable evocation of a writer’s surroundings and the role they have played in his work and life.

With an endearing affection and nostalgia for his home of over forty years, Ruskin bond describes his many journeys to, from and around Mussoorie, and then delves into the daily scandals surrounding his life and friends in the (not so) sleepy hill town. The pieces in this collection are characterized by an incorrigible sense of humour and an eye for ordinary-and most often unnoticed-details that are so essential to the geographic, social and cultural fabric of a place.

REVIEW

With a chuckle built into every line, Ruskin Bond’s Roads to Mussoorie is both droll and wicked, thoughtful and tender. A little gem of a looking over the shoulder account of a lifetime.
-Anita Nair

Contents

INTRODUCTION: BACKWARD

Breakfast Time

On the Delhi road

Cold Beer at Chutmalpur

The Kipling Road

At the End of the Road

Sacred Shrines Along the Way

Trees by My Window

Let’s Go to the Pictures!

Some Hill-Station Ghosts

The Year of the Kissing and Other Good Times

Running for Cover

Party Time in Mussoorie

Forward!