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Celebrating Ruskin Bond's 90th Birthday

  Celebrating Bond's 90th Birthday   Happy Birthday to Ruskin Bond Sir He was born on 19th May 1934. He is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors. When he was eight years old, his mother separated from his father. He was very close to his father and describes this period with his father as one of the happiest times of his life. When he was ten, his father died during the war, while he was posted in Calcutta. He was awarded the Shahitya Academy Award, Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan. He writes more than 500 short stories, novels, essays.  His first novel 'The Room on the Roof'. His notable works are The Blue Umbrella, Angry River, Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, A Flight of Pigeons etc. He said his favourite genres are essays and short stories. He considers himself a "visual writer" because for short stories.
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Are you want to Develope your reading habits? Follow this

  Are you struggling with developing reading habit?  I have compiled a list of these amazing short stories that delve into love, loss, fate and other peculiarities of life and emotions.  Take this as a 20-Day Challenge to grow love of reading. πŸ“– Here you go: 1. πΊπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘™ by Jamaica Kincaid 2. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π·π‘’π‘Žπ‘‘ by James Joyce 3. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘π‘œπ‘ π‘’ by Nikolai Gogol 4. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΏπ‘œπ‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦ by Shirley Jackson  5. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘†π‘€π‘–π‘šπ‘šπ‘’π‘Ÿ by John Cheever 6. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ 𝐺𝑖𝑓𝑑 π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘€π‘Žπ‘”π‘– by O Henry 7. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π»π‘’π‘›π‘”π‘’π‘Ÿ π΄π‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘–π‘ π‘‘ by Franz Kafka 8. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘€π‘œπ‘›π‘˜π‘’π‘¦'𝑠 π‘ƒπ‘Žπ‘€ by WW Jacobs 9. 𝑅𝑖𝑝 π‘‰π‘Žπ‘› π‘Šπ‘–π‘›π‘˜π‘™π‘’ by Washington Irving 10. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘π‘’π‘π‘˜π‘™π‘Žπ‘π‘’ by Guy De Maupassant 11. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ 𝑇𝑒𝑙𝑙-π‘‡π‘Žπ‘™π‘’ π»π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘ by Edgar Allan Poe 12. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΏπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘¦ π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Ž π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π·π‘œπ‘” by Anton Chekhov 13. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΏπ‘–π‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ 𝑖𝑛 π΅π‘Žπ‘π‘’π‘™ by Jorge Luis Borges 14. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘…π‘œπ‘π‘˜π‘–π‘›π‘” π»π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘ π‘’ π‘Šπ‘–π‘›π‘›π‘’π‘Ÿ by DH Lawrence 15. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΆπ‘’π‘™π‘’π‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘‘ π½π‘’π‘šπ‘π‘–π‘›π‘” πΉπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘”...
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