Feeling nostalgic with Ruskin Bond!

1 Dec, 2020

'I like to go back to my boyhood and write about those days.'

The way Ruskin Bond captures childhood is precious. We joined him in the nostalgic spirit to hear about his friends, boyhood days and typewriters!

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Writing the story of the man who saved 4000 lives

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What we learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic

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Memories from 1984

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A curated playlist of Ravi Shankar’s music

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The comfort of a bunker: excerpt from Insomnia: Army Stories

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Inside the world of the streaming superpower, Netflix

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‘If he works for the Tatas, he must be telling the truth'

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