Old Times' Sake
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'All this is pure nostalgia, of course, but why be ashamed of it? Nostalgia is simply an attempt to try and preserve that which was good in the past... The past has served us: why not serve the past in this way?' There is something about the past that makes us hold on to it as if it were tangible-- the innocence of childhood, the joys of a simpler life-- or perhaps it's just the rose-tinted lenses through which we view our memories that make us feel this way. Undeniably, though, there is a magic to a time long gone that one is powerless to resist. Old Times' Sake is a collection of Ruskin Bond's writings for the nostalgia nuts, bringing to life the old-world charm of the times we reminisce about with our loved ones. Take a trip down memory lane with stories about love, loss and friendship, told in Ruskin Bond's inimitable style.
Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond is one of India's most well-known writers. Born in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, in 1934, he grew up in Jamnagar, Dehradun and Shimla. In the course of a writing career spanning over seventy years, he has published over a hundred books, including short-story collections, poetry, novels, essays, memoirs and journals, edited anthologies and books for children. The Room on the Roof was his first novel, written when he was seventeen. It received the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. He has also received many other awards, including the Sahitya Akademi award in 1992, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014. Many of his stories and novellas including The Blue Umbrella, A Flight of Pigeons and Susanna's Seven Husbands have been adapted into films.
Ruskin lives in Landour, Mussoorie. His other books with HarperCollins include These are a Few of My Favourite Things, Koki's Song, How to Be a Writer, The Enchanted Cottage and How to Live Your Life.
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