The India I Love

Ruskin Bond's India can be found in fields and forests, towns and villages, mountains and deserts, but especially in the hearts and minds of the people who have loved him and made him their own. In this collection of prose and poems, written specifically for this book, Ruskin Bond looks back on his unique relationship with India and its people, a relationship both maddening and delightful.

Ruskin Bond has been writing for over sixty years and has now over 120 titles in print novels, collections of stories, poetry, essays, anthologies and books for children. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, received the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys award in 1957. He has also received the Padma Shri (1999), the Padma Bhushan (2014) and two awards from the Sahitya Akademi one for his short stories and another for his writings for children. In 2012, the Delhi government gave him its Lifetime Achievement award. Born in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart from three years in the UK, he has spent all his life in India and now lives in Mussoorie with his adopted family.