| Publisher |
Rupa Publications |
| Publication Year |
2021 |
| ISBN-13 |
9789390918096 |
| ISBN-10 |
9789390918096 |
| Binding |
Paperback |
| Number of Pages |
112 Pages |
| Language |
(English) |
| Weight (grms) |
177 |
Walking through Delhi brings Ruskin Bond face-to-face with a host of colourful characters formidable Punjabi matriarch ‘bhabiji’ of rajouri who presides over her bustling Joint family; br>
Kamla who strikes up an unlikely friendship; Frank brain of West Patel Nagar, of the curious name and curiouser life; feathered friends who have made the old city their own; and the ‘daryaganj Strangler’ who has a special affection for the city’s Publishers. In this collection of short stories that is an ode to the spirit of Delhi, Ruskin Bond captures the people and the places with warmth and humour, and brings to life the magic of the city.
Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond\'s first novel, The Room on the Roof, written when he was seventeen, won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novels (including Vagrants in the Valley, A Flight of Pigeons and Delhi Is Not Far), essays, poems and children\'s books, many of which have been published by Penguin India.
He has also written over 500 short stories and articles that have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies.
He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993 and the Padma Shri in 1999.
Ruskin Bond
Rupa Publications