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    • Ruskin Bond turns 90: Candid conversations from childhood dreams to finding his calling as a writer

      Ruskin Bond humorously recounted his childhood aspirations of becoming an actor or tap dancer, admitting that writing eventually emerged as his true calling.

    • As Ruskin Bond turns 90, 12 less known facts about the Padma Bhushan awardee

      Did you know the famous Hindi playwright Mohan Rakesh taught Ruskin Bond at school, that Ruskin Bond was once mistaken for being an American spy and followed by the CID in Dalhousie, that he rented a cottage in Mussoorie for Rs 400 a year in 1963 and that this is where he wrote 'The Blue Umbrella' and 'Angry River'?

    • Ruskin Bond: Build castles in the air... then put foundations under them

      If AI were around when he was younger, Ruskin Bond says it might have helped him to score better marks in maths and physics. And perhaps later in life, to create plots for his stories.

    • Ruskin Bond: ‘I’ve turned 88 – which looks like two jalebis, my favourite Indian sweet’

    • In India, you don't run out of stories: Ruskin Bond as he celebrates 88th birthday

    • Never been too interested in politics: Ruskin Bond

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