DEHRADUN: (May 19) A verdant garden in bloom, birds chirping in the backdrop, a warm sun making its way across the horizon and lots of children of course. India’s favourite author is 92 and the celebration could not have been more Ruskin Bond-ish – wisdom and wit wrapped into one perfect afternoon.
Recovering from a spinal surgery and confined to a wheelchair, he is frail but the zest is intact as he regales his audience with stories about the time he had 20 aloo tikkis, his abiding love for India, friendship and going gently into old age. Moving seamlessly from one mood to another. Quite like his books.
“When I was a boy in Dehradun I used to go to the chaat corner at the clock tower and I would eat golgappas, tikkis and chaat. AIso, I had the record for some time for eating the largest number of tikkis. I ate 20 tikkis in one go and I’m still alive,” Bond, who turns 92 on Tuesday, told PTI, chuckling as he went back in time.
Source: PTI News
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