About the Book: When I Was a Boy
In this beautiful, heartfelt and often humorous mini-autobiography, beloved
storyteller Ruskin Bond relives the days of his childhood and teenage. He writes
of carefree days in the port city of Jamnagar where little Ruskin would read
books upside down, wander into old palaces, go for rides on lurching boats and
in swooping, looping aeroplanes, and listen to tall tales told by a loving ayah
and a colourful cook. He also describes his schooldays in Shimla—being dressed
up as Humpty Dumpty for his very first stage performance, making friends and
planning pranks. He remembers his days in Delhi, where