Ruskin Bond is one of the most celebrated authors of India with love for nature and passion for travel. His travel books – “Tale of the Open Road”, “All Roads Lead to Ganga”, “Roads to Mussoorie”, and “Rains in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas” – are full of inspiration, which encourages readers for romance and adventure in the thick of nature. Ruskin Bond’s books for kids are collections of his stories of hills and rains, mountains and trains, eulogizing travel to nature. If you believe in his words, “Romance lurks in the most unlikely places,” you should travel the road not taken, walk the less-trodden paths, and visit the offbeat places in India. On his 82nd birthday today, Indian Eagle shares some of the best quotes from Ruskin Bond’s works for travelers.
“It is always the same with mountains. Once you have lived with them for any length of time, you belong to them. There is no escape.”
The quote above is taken from Ruskin Bond’s “Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas”, an anthology of semi-autobiographical stories of his life in the mountains of Mussoorie. The stories give a vivid picture of the years that Ruskin Bond spent at Mussoorie in Himachal Pradesh. – Indian Eagle.
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“I have come to believe that the best kind of walk, or journey, is the one in which you have no particular destination when you set out.”
“People come and go, the mountains remain. Mountains are permanent things. They are stubborn, they refuse to move.”
This beautiful quote about mountains, above, is taken from Ruskin Bond’s “All Roads Lead to Ganga,” a pictorial account of India’s holiest River Ganga and its tributaries in the Himalayas. The book lucidly narrates the author’s travel experience in different places: Shimla, Dehradun and Mussoorie. – Indian Eagle.
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“Live close to nature and you’ll never feel lonely. Don’t drive those sparrows out of your veranda; they won’t hack into your computer.”
“The adventure is not in getting somewhere, it’s the on-the-way experience. It is not the expected: it’s the surprise.”
The adventure travel quote above is taken from Ruskin Bond’s “Roads to Mussoorie,” an anthology of stories portraying the author’s affection and nostalgia for the Himalayan valley of Mussoorie in different shades of human emotion. – Indian Eagle.
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“It wouldn’t be much fun living on a planet where grass could not grow.”
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Great post with some really nice quotes! 🙂
Great post just a minor correction mussorie is in uttranchal not Himachal Pradesh