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VOL. 7, ISSUE 5 (2021)
Indianness in the literary works of Ruskin Bond
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Ravindra Kumar, Aakanksha Tyagi
Abstract
Ruskin Bond - the very name envisages snow-capped peaks, hills, green valleys flora and fauna, the captivating town of Dehra-the city where the heart and soul of Ruskin Bond lies. An exemplary novelist, short story writer and children's author of great repute with an extraordinary career spanning more than forty years, Bond acquires an eminent position in English Literature. In is noteworthy works he has imbibed the true spirit of the ‘Indianness’, the real zeal and spirit of India despite all its cultural and social disparities. The beautiful and lively description of the Jalebis, Deodar tree, the festival of Holi etc. are a testimony to the fact that Ruskin Bond is every inch an Indian though belongin to the British blood. His literary creations are pure gems and bring us in proximity with the real India_ the India in total contrast to his contemporaries who considered India only as ‘a land of magic and snake-charmers’. I am as Indian as the dust on the plains or the grass of a mountain meadow. This line is in itself a testimony of the unconditional love and adoration for India in Ruskin Bond's heart. His literary works discern the true spirit of India in every possible way they can in contrast to the different contradictory fact as drawn by the different foreign writers as well as his Indian contemporaries. Bond holds an absolutely different notion of India in his heart.
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Pages:8-10
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Ravindra Kumar, Aakanksha Tyagi "Indianness in the literary works of Ruskin Bond ". International Journal of English Research, Vol 7, Issue 5, 2021, Pages 8-10
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