A Time for all Things
Collected Essays and Sketches
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Narrated by:
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Vikrant Chaturvedi
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Written by:
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Ruskin Bond
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The finest nonfiction by Ruskin Bond, a singular writer who has inspired and comforted three generations, collected in a single volume.
A lifetime of reading and writing, observation and contemplation is distilled in this comprehensive volume of the best essays, profiles and sketches by Ruskin Bond, the masterly and compassionate chronicler of the small details and lambent moments that capture the essence of a meaningful life. By turns thoughtful, humorous, keenly observed and wise, these essays span more than 60 years of his writing - from reflections on companionship and solitude to lyrical yet finely honed appreciations of nature to nostalgic evocations of bygone people and ways of life. As an essayist, he brings to his travel narratives about the major pilgrimage centres of the Himalaya, or the story about searching for the gravestone of a long-forgotten author, the same empathy and sense of wonder that mark his accounts of glimpsing an elusive leopard or watching the mist rise in a forest of pines.
A Time for All Things contains the finest nonfiction of a singular writer who has inspired and comforted three generations with his sustained, steady and affectionate engagement with life in a world that grows ever more hectic.
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- Poonam
- 23-07-21
Soulful and endearing
Mr. Ruskin Bond Sir, as always weaves magic with his soulful simple stories and the narrator Mr.Vikrant Chaturvedi has brought it alive with excellent narration. When you listen this , it's like being transported to a wonderful land of all things beautiful
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- knight
- 05-05-24
Ruskin at his best
Beautiful little stories and scenes from India itself. Ruskin opened up a bit here about his life. Which felt good to hear.
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- milind kelkar
- 18-04-21
A Ruskin Bond for all times.
Loved this collection. Autobiographical in nature, Ruskin sir revels in expressing his love for nature in the most simple and beautiful language.
The narration by Shri Vikrant is also good, but with a few hiccups. And there should have been longer pause between every two articles.
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- shailesh khatri
- 07-04-20
A must for nature lovers and Bond enthusiasts
loved it! will hear it again and again. Transports me to the Himalayas. for Bond lovers.
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