Synopsis This is a collection of charming tales of long ago by the master weaver of stories, Ruskin Bond. In
his inimical way, he takes us to small towns and villages, through mountainous passes and difficult
terrain, and across resilient rivers and sparkling streams, retelling legends and lore.
Read about the many legends surrounding the Yamuna and Ganga, as well as little-known rivers like
the Suswa; about Bisnu, a child of nature, who is forced to move to the town of Musoourie after
a bad spell of draught; and about a sprightly young girl called Bina, who along with her friends,
goes on many an adventure in the hills, which turn out to be lessons in bravery and friendship.
Tales of Long Ago will be your window of escape to times and places that have been lost to the
onward march of urban life.
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About the author
Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors and a top novelist.
He wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen which won John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novellas, over 500 short stories, as well as various essays and poems, all of which have established him as one of the best-loved and most admired chroniclers of contemporary India.
In 1992 he received the Sahitya Akademi award for English writing, for his short stories collection, "Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra", by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children's literature.
He now lives with his adopted family in Landour near Mussoorie.