Abstract

RUSKIN BOND OF INDIA: A TRUE SON OF THE SOIL

G. RAMAMURTHY, DR. REETA DWIVEDI

Volume: 2 Issue: 1 2012

Abstract:

Ruskin Bond is a well-known nature writer. His reactions to the natural world are reflexive. His father first hinted at the seriousness of this commitment. Bond recounts his father's introduction to the wonders of nature through planting trips on the Dehra hills in many of his books. His outlook on the natural world is influenced by the writings of Thoreau and Richard Jefferies. He has stated his fondness for Jefferies' works thusly. Bond has fully embraced the stoicism of the pagan religion. According to him, Mother Nature is the ultimate divinity, and the entire cosmos is a manifestation of her might. Bond admired Rudyard Kipling greatly for his fervent devotion to the vast Himalayas. The words of Kipling echo in his mind: "This is the true smell of the Himalayas, and if once it creeps into the blood of man, that man will at last forgetting all else, return to the hills to die" (Bond, The Complete Stories and Novels. 16).

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