And Girls Will Be Girls
- Publisher : Rupa Publications
- Publishing year : October 2021
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9789355200280
- Imprint : Rupa
- Age Group : Young Reader
- Language : English
‘She was there every morning, chasing butterflies, stalking squirrels and mynahs, her voice brimming with laughter ...
‘She was there every morning, chasing butterflies, stalking squirrels and mynahs, her voice brimming with laughter, her slight figure flitting about between the trees.’
Childhood memories are cherished by everybody. They are a reminder of a simpler time, a time when we easily appreciated the mundane, when excitement and joy were aplenty and when little caused us worry or even fear. Every experience of childhood is unique and special and only as adults do we realize how little we let come in our way to fully enjoying life in those days of unbothered pleasure.
Ruskin Bond is the author of several bestselling novels and collections of short stories, essays and poems.
Ruskin Bond was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1999, a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Delhi government in 2012 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.