Rain In The Mountains

This morning when I was out for a walk I was looking at the roadside rather intently. A bed of bright purple flowers born with the dew greeted me. Ruskin Bond was right, wild flowers are indeed rewarding, the best ones are the most difficult to find. Such is the influence of his books, one starts no......more

There's something therapeutic about reading Ruskin Bond. Simple, unpretentious, down-to-earth writing, laced with subtle humour. Last summer, I came across this lovely book while browsing through a quaint little bookshop in Kochi's Jew Town. It's a collection of essays, stories, poems, and personal......more

The rain has been rather incessant at my place for the last three days. It might be a sunny and bright day to begin with but early afternoon brings the first dark clouds and as the day progresses, more clouds roll in. The downpour begin by evening and lasts well into the night and it is not a silent......more

There are books and authors which you're sure would delight you. Lift you up from that slump. To take you back to your comfort zone, where you can relish and nurture your relation back to the words and pages. Ruskin Bond is one such author for me. More than half his books are autobiographies, publish......more

An innocent form of writing, it is suited to pick up if you are looking for some simplicity in words around you. Undoubtedly, it takes you in the lap of nature, but beware it can make you sad that you are not the one who created these notes. I feel it is a very natural way of reporting about one's l......more