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Falling in Love Again
Suffused with warmth and passion, the stories in Falling in Love Again showcase the myriad variations of romantic love fleeting, intimate, joyous, heartbreaking. Featuring classic stories by Ruskin Bond, such as The Eyes Have It and The Girl from Copenhagen, this stirring collection captures the range of feelings that are indubitably part of the infinite spectrum of love.
195 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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Ruskin Bond
573 books3,340 followersRuskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors and a top novelist. He wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen which won John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novellas, over 500 short stories, as well as various essays and poems, all of which have established him as one of the best-loved and most admired chroniclers of contemporary India. In 1992 he received the Sahitya Akademi award for English writing, for his short stories collection, "Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra", by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children's literature. He now lives with his adopted family in Landour near Mussoorie.
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August 20, 2022
Title of the book is apt "Falling in Love Again", Ruskin Bond reminisces all the episodes of love in his life with a current-mature-mindset. Presumably, he wrote this one to heal himself through all his numerous life-episodes of unrequited love.
Touching the delightful cover, with swarming colorful butterflies hovering all over, my search for Ruskin Bond's definition of love started. This evenly-paced book is all about love forbidden, so I couldn't take it as a tongue-in-cheek writing ! It is flooded with insidious emotions.
Again I presume, one cannot count Ruskin's financial strain as the only cause for him not taking the plunge into marriage, but the ache of unrequited love !
The introduction includes Ruskin Bond's favorite writer PG Wodehouse's quote - "You know, the way love can change a fellow, is truly frightful to contemplate".
I agree, guess we all have undergone aggressive transformations in some way or the other.
This book is about loving people, flowers, sun, moon, stars, old roads, it is about falling in love with everything, as where love begins, there is the border of heaven !
Falling in love is the best that can happen to any writer, as it adds a certain spontaneity and intensity to the writings. And when the love is unrequited, it makes it filled with insidious sweetness, as I felt throughout in this book.
Kudos to Ruskin Bond to live his entire life in the pain of losing love. I could see the glint in his eyes, every time he saw a ray of hope to manifest love in the various episodes described.
In one of the scenes, he mentions, he may stop loving the girl but he cannot stop being in love with the days in which he loved her! Ufffff!
The book begins with Ruskin's train journey to Rohana, where he meets a girl with a voice that had a sparkle and freshness of a mountain stream.
Followed with the night train at Deoli, where the 18-year old Ruskin's eyes meet the eloquent eyes of a young basket seller. This story literally tore my heart apart.
Next in line was the Vietnamese friend with colossal ego who had introduced Ruskin to a pretty Annamite girl.
The next in the pipeline was the dark slender 16-year Sushila, but Ruskin is 30. He has been rebuked pretty much for this story. But I would like to appreciate Ruskin for his audacity and honesty to share his feelings of love which go beyond age, caste and creed. He writes unabashedly about love. Period!
Love that is fervent, love that is mature, love that is timid, love that is joyful, love for a friend, nature, and a dog.
The descriptions were so vivid, that I was forced to close my eyes and see what he saw. I had teary eyes, smile on my lips, dimple on my cheeks, yes, each and every page had aroused an emotion deeply felt, lived to the core!
He didn't make it smut, didn't let it go discordant, but burgeoned the cuteness of love throughout.
Another one was time stops at Shamli, which infused a pain so sweet that ruptured my heart into bits and pieces. Reminiscing the old memories, and ripening of love into unattainability and maturity. I had goosebumps!
Ruskin Bond's characteristically pithy writing is his benchmark. He lucidly and vividly described the atmosphere in the hills, mountains, dales and the chaotic setting at railway stations.
Next was the "the girl from Copenhagen" - not a love story but a story about love. A story of love as short as 2 days. I count it as the modern-day no-strings attached love story.
Next was Binya passes by, then Neighbor's wife about a married female standing on the precipice of change, followed with Sussana's seven husbands which I found relatively slow and drab than the other stories.
My favorite among all was "on fairy hill", for obvious reasons for my obsession for magical realism.
"All things beautiful are easily destroyed"
"Come, fairies, carry me away, to experience again the perfection I did that summer's day!"
Once I picked up the book, I couldn't keep it down till I finished it.
Throughout, I saw what he saw, I breathed in what he lived through, my heart was thudding, yammering, thumping the way it did for him!
Word of caution - All emotional fools like me, get a tissue box handy before picking up this marvel!
Touching the delightful cover, with swarming colorful butterflies hovering all over, my search for Ruskin Bond's definition of love started. This evenly-paced book is all about love forbidden, so I couldn't take it as a tongue-in-cheek writing ! It is flooded with insidious emotions.
Again I presume, one cannot count Ruskin's financial strain as the only cause for him not taking the plunge into marriage, but the ache of unrequited love !
The introduction includes Ruskin Bond's favorite writer PG Wodehouse's quote - "You know, the way love can change a fellow, is truly frightful to contemplate".
I agree, guess we all have undergone aggressive transformations in some way or the other.
This book is about loving people, flowers, sun, moon, stars, old roads, it is about falling in love with everything, as where love begins, there is the border of heaven !
Falling in love is the best that can happen to any writer, as it adds a certain spontaneity and intensity to the writings. And when the love is unrequited, it makes it filled with insidious sweetness, as I felt throughout in this book.
Kudos to Ruskin Bond to live his entire life in the pain of losing love. I could see the glint in his eyes, every time he saw a ray of hope to manifest love in the various episodes described.
In one of the scenes, he mentions, he may stop loving the girl but he cannot stop being in love with the days in which he loved her! Ufffff!
The book begins with Ruskin's train journey to Rohana, where he meets a girl with a voice that had a sparkle and freshness of a mountain stream.
Followed with the night train at Deoli, where the 18-year old Ruskin's eyes meet the eloquent eyes of a young basket seller. This story literally tore my heart apart.
Next in line was the Vietnamese friend with colossal ego who had introduced Ruskin to a pretty Annamite girl.
The next in the pipeline was the dark slender 16-year Sushila, but Ruskin is 30. He has been rebuked pretty much for this story. But I would like to appreciate Ruskin for his audacity and honesty to share his feelings of love which go beyond age, caste and creed. He writes unabashedly about love. Period!
Love that is fervent, love that is mature, love that is timid, love that is joyful, love for a friend, nature, and a dog.
The descriptions were so vivid, that I was forced to close my eyes and see what he saw. I had teary eyes, smile on my lips, dimple on my cheeks, yes, each and every page had aroused an emotion deeply felt, lived to the core!
He didn't make it smut, didn't let it go discordant, but burgeoned the cuteness of love throughout.
Another one was time stops at Shamli, which infused a pain so sweet that ruptured my heart into bits and pieces. Reminiscing the old memories, and ripening of love into unattainability and maturity. I had goosebumps!
Ruskin Bond's characteristically pithy writing is his benchmark. He lucidly and vividly described the atmosphere in the hills, mountains, dales and the chaotic setting at railway stations.
Next was the "the girl from Copenhagen" - not a love story but a story about love. A story of love as short as 2 days. I count it as the modern-day no-strings attached love story.
Next was Binya passes by, then Neighbor's wife about a married female standing on the precipice of change, followed with Sussana's seven husbands which I found relatively slow and drab than the other stories.
My favorite among all was "on fairy hill", for obvious reasons for my obsession for magical realism.
"All things beautiful are easily destroyed"
"Come, fairies, carry me away, to experience again the perfection I did that summer's day!"
Once I picked up the book, I couldn't keep it down till I finished it.
Throughout, I saw what he saw, I breathed in what he lived through, my heart was thudding, yammering, thumping the way it did for him!
Word of caution - All emotional fools like me, get a tissue box handy before picking up this marvel!
April 19, 2015
I like Ruskin Bond's style of writing. But, I am a little grossed out about Ruskin Bond falling in love with 17 year old children while he is in his mid-thirties. He repeatedly refers to them as children, himself!
Perhaps I'm being judgmental, but reading a story about a man in his mid-thirties making love/kissing/fondling girls who are not even legally majors was quite disturbing to me. Sorry this one was not my cup of tea. :(
Perhaps I'm being judgmental, but reading a story about a man in his mid-thirties making love/kissing/fondling girls who are not even legally majors was quite disturbing to me. Sorry this one was not my cup of tea. :(
February 22, 2023
I can't for the life of me understand how the author who was in his thirties fell in love with a 16 girl year old girl and fantasized about crushing her breasts! How did this shit get published! How is this considered "a love story", it's fucking pedophilia! He himself kept calling her a child throughout the story and I quote:
"You are still a child, Sushila—and yet you found it so easy to quieten my impatient heart."
"A year ago my feelings about you were almost paternal! Or so I thought. . . But you are no longer a child and I am a little older too." (By 'no longer a child' he means that she turned 17 and again he was in his mid-thirties!)
"You are still too young. You are still at school. But already you are much wiser than me." (This sounds exactly like what groomers would say to children to fool them and make them think they're 'more mature' than others their age)
"You must have been nine or ten when I first saw you." (Yes. You heard that right)
"Once, when the monsoon arrived, you ran out into the rain with the other children, naked, exulting in the swish of the cool rain. I remembered your beautiful straight legs and thighs, your swift smile, your dark eyes." (SHE WAS NINE AND HE WAS THIRTY AND HE WAS ALREADY TALKING ABOUT HER LEGS AND THIGHS WTF)
When his friend told him that she's too young for him to marry her he said: "Well, I’m not exactly an old man. I’m thirty." And then MADE LOVE TO HER WHILE SHE WAS STILL IN SCHOOL.
"If I came out with the declaration that I was in love with you, it would immediately become obvious that something had happened during your holiday in the hill station. It would be said that I had taken advantage of the situation (which I had), and that I had seduced you— even though I was beginning to wonder if it was you who had seduced me!" (Yes, ladies and gentlemen, a 9 year old SEDUCED him)
"She should finish school by the time she is seventeen. It does not matter if you are older."
There's more terrible stuff to dissect but let's just stop here.
"You are still a child, Sushila—and yet you found it so easy to quieten my impatient heart."
"A year ago my feelings about you were almost paternal! Or so I thought. . . But you are no longer a child and I am a little older too." (By 'no longer a child' he means that she turned 17 and again he was in his mid-thirties!)
"You are still too young. You are still at school. But already you are much wiser than me." (This sounds exactly like what groomers would say to children to fool them and make them think they're 'more mature' than others their age)
"You must have been nine or ten when I first saw you." (Yes. You heard that right)
"Once, when the monsoon arrived, you ran out into the rain with the other children, naked, exulting in the swish of the cool rain. I remembered your beautiful straight legs and thighs, your swift smile, your dark eyes." (SHE WAS NINE AND HE WAS THIRTY AND HE WAS ALREADY TALKING ABOUT HER LEGS AND THIGHS WTF)
When his friend told him that she's too young for him to marry her he said: "Well, I’m not exactly an old man. I’m thirty." And then MADE LOVE TO HER WHILE SHE WAS STILL IN SCHOOL.
"If I came out with the declaration that I was in love with you, it would immediately become obvious that something had happened during your holiday in the hill station. It would be said that I had taken advantage of the situation (which I had), and that I had seduced you— even though I was beginning to wonder if it was you who had seduced me!" (Yes, ladies and gentlemen, a 9 year old SEDUCED him)
"She should finish school by the time she is seventeen. It does not matter if you are older."
There's more terrible stuff to dissect but let's just stop here.
August 3, 2013
Ruskin Bond, the man who gave us 'the blue umbrella',i was fascinated by that story as a young girl and went on to own a blue umbrella myself, that is the power of his story telling.Simple characters with their much more simpler and ordinary lives,leave an everlasting impression which is hard to escape from.
I am no 'mills and boons' girl, am addicted to realism, no matter how dark or disappointing it is, and thus i dont get easily drawn towards romantic works as i find them illogical and infleuncing at times. The name of the author compelled me to choose this book, and am not dismayed a bit.
It has no tall dark handsome men or porcelain faced beauties, no knight in shining armour coming to rescue his lady love on his white horse, no larger than life plots and 'it was meant to be' encounters. This is about ordinary people with their imperfect personas discovering and living love to make it all a perfect romance. Some of the stories are drawn out from his personal life and i must admit Ruskin is a 'never give up' romantic at heart, he romances life in the true sense.
The language is like always easy and lucid to read, with no tongue twisting words and flowery writing. I enjoyed reading the stories and realised how we miss out real romances in our life while waiting for the perfect love stories.
I am no 'mills and boons' girl, am addicted to realism, no matter how dark or disappointing it is, and thus i dont get easily drawn towards romantic works as i find them illogical and infleuncing at times. The name of the author compelled me to choose this book, and am not dismayed a bit.
It has no tall dark handsome men or porcelain faced beauties, no knight in shining armour coming to rescue his lady love on his white horse, no larger than life plots and 'it was meant to be' encounters. This is about ordinary people with their imperfect personas discovering and living love to make it all a perfect romance. Some of the stories are drawn out from his personal life and i must admit Ruskin is a 'never give up' romantic at heart, he romances life in the true sense.
The language is like always easy and lucid to read, with no tongue twisting words and flowery writing. I enjoyed reading the stories and realised how we miss out real romances in our life while waiting for the perfect love stories.
December 21, 2022
A weekend recommendation 💯
This is one of the most genuine original work collection of the author with a few poems and excerpts from his most popular books, namely The Room on the Roof and Delhi is Not Far.
I find some exclusive short stories and novellas in this collection which I do no I usually find in his other short story collections which made the reading a rather pleasant surprise for me.
If you have to get a book by the author from which you want to read and love his most original and best writings, get this one and his other book on friendship/bonding titled “no man is an island”.
The cover is so swoon worthy!
This is one of the most genuine original work collection of the author with a few poems and excerpts from his most popular books, namely The Room on the Roof and Delhi is Not Far.
I find some exclusive short stories and novellas in this collection which I do no I usually find in his other short story collections which made the reading a rather pleasant surprise for me.
If you have to get a book by the author from which you want to read and love his most original and best writings, get this one and his other book on friendship/bonding titled “no man is an island”.
The cover is so swoon worthy!
December 28, 2022
"যেটা ছিলোনা ছিলোনা সেটা না পাওয়াই থাক, সব পেলে নষ্ট জীবন"
অনুপম রায়ের এই দু'টো লাইন এর স্বচ্ছতা আর গভীরতা মাপতে গেলে বারবার খেই হারিয়ে ফেলতে হয়! আশেপাশে কত শত না পাওয়ার গল্প, আবার পেয়েও হারিয়ে ফেলে নিঃস্ব হয়ে যাওয়ার মত আকস্মিকতা। এ বইয়ের উষ্ণতা আঁচ করতে পেরেছেন বোধহয়!
প্রথমেই বলে রাখি, এটা শর্ট স্টোরি কালেকশন তবে গল্পগুলো একটার সাথে আরেকটা রিলেটেড! (যদিও সবগুলো না) বেশিরভাগ গল্প লেখকের জীবনের এক একটা সময়ের, যেটা ক্রমান্বয়ে সাজানো না বলতে গেলে। এই ধরেন, একটা গল্প শেষ করে আরেকটায় গেলেন ওইটাতে গিয়ে এক পর্যায়ে জানতে পারলেন এটা পরের টার সিক্যুয়েল। একজন ৩০ পার করে আসা লোকের চোখে ১৬ বছর বয়সী কিশোরীর জন্য যে প্রেম, মোহ বা শারীরিক আকর্ষণ—এই বিষয়টা সবাই কীভাবে নেবে জানিনা তবে বাদ বাকি চিন্তা করে প্রেমের গল্প হিসেবে পড়লে বেশ ভালো লাগবে।
প্রেমের গল্প পড়ে হতাশ হই নি এমনটা খুব কম হয়েছে। বেশিরভাগ বইয়ের শুরুটা মনমতো হলেও মাঝে বা শেষের দিকে ওই একই অশান্তির বাঁক। অতিরিক্ত কাকতালীয় ঘটনা, অতিরঞ্জিত সংলাপ এসমস্ত জিনিস শুধু রোমান্স জনরায় যে বাঁ হাত ঢুকায় তা নয় বরং পুরো সাহিত্যের বারোটা বাজিয়ে ছেড়ে দেয়। সেক্ষেত্রে, এ বই আশাহত করেনি একদমই।
"Butterflies in my stomach" লাইনটার শরীর যেন এ বইয়ের মলাট। কি সুন্দর না! হিল স্টেশন, অরণ্যানীর ছোয়া বা যেকোনো নৈসর্গিক বর্ণনার সংমিশ্রণে এমন ঝরঝরে ছোট ছোট গল্প পড়ে ভালো লাগার রেশ থেকে যাবে অনেকক্ষণ, গুনগুন করে শাহানা বাজপাই এর "একটা ছেলে" গাইতে থাকবেন কিংবা দীর্ঘশ্বাস ফেলবেন বেশি হলে। ট্রেনের বগিতে প্রেম কিংবা অচেনা স্টেশনে অজানা কারো জন্য অপেক্ষা; কাকতালীয় ভাবে ট্রেন জার্নিতেই বইয়ের পাতাগুলো উল্টালাম। অসাধারণ লেগেছে এক কথায়!
অনুপম রায়ের এই দু'টো লাইন এর স্বচ্ছতা আর গভীরতা মাপতে গেলে বারবার খেই হারিয়ে ফেলতে হয়! আশেপাশে কত শত না পাওয়ার গল্প, আবার পেয়েও হারিয়ে ফেলে নিঃস্ব হয়ে যাওয়ার মত আকস্মিকতা। এ বইয়ের উষ্ণতা আঁচ করতে পেরেছেন বোধহয়!
প্রথমেই বলে রাখি, এটা শর্ট স্টোরি কালেকশন তবে গল্পগুলো একটার সাথে আরেকটা রিলেটেড! (যদিও সবগুলো না) বেশিরভাগ গল্প লেখকের জীবনের এক একটা সময়ের, যেটা ক্রমান্বয়ে সাজানো না বলতে গেলে। এই ধরেন, একটা গল্প শেষ করে আরেকটায় গেলেন ওইটাতে গিয়ে এক পর্যায়ে জানতে পারলেন এটা পরের টার সিক্যুয়েল। একজন ৩০ পার করে আসা লোকের চোখে ১৬ বছর বয়সী কিশোরীর জন্য যে প্রেম, মোহ বা শারীরিক আকর্ষণ—এই বিষয়টা সবাই কীভাবে নেবে জানিনা তবে বাদ বাকি চিন্তা করে প্রেমের গল্প হিসেবে পড়লে বেশ ভালো লাগবে।
প্রেমের গল্প পড়ে হতাশ হই নি এমনটা খুব কম হয়েছে। বেশিরভাগ বইয়ের শুরুটা মনমতো হলেও মাঝে বা শেষের দিকে ওই একই অশান্তির বাঁক। অতিরিক্ত কাকতালীয় ঘটনা, অতিরঞ্জিত সংলাপ এসমস্ত জিনিস শুধু রোমান্স জনরায় যে বাঁ হাত ঢুকায় তা নয় বরং পুরো সাহিত্যের বারোটা বাজিয়ে ছেড়ে দেয়। সেক্ষেত্রে, এ বই আশাহত করেনি একদমই।
"Butterflies in my stomach" লাইনটার শরীর যেন এ বইয়ের মলাট। কি সুন্দর না! হিল স্টেশন, অরণ্যানীর ছোয়া বা যেকোনো নৈসর্গিক বর্ণনার সংমিশ্রণে এমন ঝরঝরে ছোট ছোট গল্প পড়ে ভালো লাগার রেশ থেকে যাবে অনেকক্ষণ, গুনগুন করে শাহানা বাজপাই এর "একটা ছেলে" গাইতে থাকবেন কিংবা দীর্ঘশ্বাস ফেলবেন বেশি হলে। ট্রেনের বগিতে প্রেম কিংবা অচেনা স্টেশনে অজানা কারো জন্য অপেক্ষা; কাকতালীয় ভাবে ট্রেন জার্নিতেই বইয়ের পাতাগুলো উল্টালাম। অসাধারণ লেগেছে এক কথায়!
November 5, 2019
Is it possible to have read too much of your favourite author? I didn't think so, but Falling in Love Again is compelling me to change my mind. Ruskin Bond is obviously an excellent writer. Nice locations, vivid descriptions of nature, all of that. Amazing. However, I couldn't get myself to focus on any of those things because this seemingly innocent book contains multiple stories of the narrator falling in love with underage girls, and doing creepy things to them. Add to that the fact that most of Bond's stories are inspired by his real life, and I was forced to board a train of thought that was unsettling and scandalising, to say the least. I felt inquisitive and looked up reviews of these disturbing (I'm just going to say it—pedophilic) stories, but to my surprise most of the reviews were quite positive. I don't know if this simply slipped under the radar, or if people don't care if it's just 'good' art. But the quality of writing cannot simply override the content in this context, in my opinion that no one cares about. There goes the only good thing about my childhood. Thanks Mr. Bond.
January 22, 2020
Ruskin Bond has been like a grandfather to us growing up. We have gleefully rejoiced reading his stories ever since we could learn how to read. I for once have been continuously drawn to his stories well in my 30's. My latest read; 'Falling in Love Again' has finally helped me look beyond the innocence of childhood and question the liberties that the author has taken on pedophilia. In the story, 'Love is a Sad Story', he narrates his incidents of raping a 15 year old schoolgirl while he is a 30 year old man. Most of Ruskin Bond's accounts are based on his real life and it just makes me shudder. Normalising such behaviour even in fiction sets the wrong precedence, especially since his novels are so freely available everywhere. If you have read Ruskin Bond, you will find a few other stories where his predatory behaviour towards children is evident.
Time for his publishers, Rupa, Penguin to clarify how these stories were allowed to be published in the first place.
Time for his publishers, Rupa, Penguin to clarify how these stories were allowed to be published in the first place.
February 20, 2020
Very heartwarming and loving stories.
Typical Ruskin style of prose which takes you to another world with his imagery.
A soothing read.
Typical Ruskin style of prose which takes you to another world with his imagery.
A soothing read.
June 17, 2021
This book is the perfect balm for the soul. To add to the romance, it was raining here all last week as I picked this book up. The dark clouds, slight chill in the air and fat raindrops only amplified the emotion in these stories.
Ruskin Bond writes unabashedly about love in all its varied forms - young love that is fervent and passionate and blind, mature love that seeks laughter and contentment, and other loves like that of a friend, or a dog or nature.
He speaks reverently of the springtime, the hillside, the leaves and the moon and even fantastical woodland creatures. My favorites were those that made me want to snuggle into a pair of warm socks and close my eyes halfway through so that I could see what he saw. I didn't want some of those stories to end at all. In a way, I only have to think of them again to be pulled back into the romance. Recommended reading to put a smile on your face.
Ruskin Bond writes unabashedly about love in all its varied forms - young love that is fervent and passionate and blind, mature love that seeks laughter and contentment, and other loves like that of a friend, or a dog or nature.
He speaks reverently of the springtime, the hillside, the leaves and the moon and even fantastical woodland creatures. My favorites were those that made me want to snuggle into a pair of warm socks and close my eyes halfway through so that I could see what he saw. I didn't want some of those stories to end at all. In a way, I only have to think of them again to be pulled back into the romance. Recommended reading to put a smile on your face.
March 17, 2019
Good read! The way of writing is amazing. I have enjoyed the whole read. Thank you Ruskin Bond. :-)
September 4, 2020
Sadly this book couldn't calm my senses as much as the other Ruskin Bond books that I've read. I'm sure it would've felt better in better times.
March 28, 2020
This is my first Ruskin bond's book and to be frank this is not what I expected. I'm not happy reading this instead I have few cringe moments.
First I want to talk about the positive things from the book.
The narration is simple yet elegant, more realistic world is shown throughout the story. Every situation is described in a elaborate manner without making me feel boredom.
Where it went wrong for me ?
Most of the time when the hero fallen in love with a girl you can blindly bet her age would be 16 or 17 even when the hero is 31 or 36.
May be this is based on the era of 1960's where a girl's age of marriage is determined by the time she hit puberty and I'm reading this in 2020's though I find his love as of a sexual attraction than love itself.
Here some people can think that's how a realistic love works but to be realistic that's not how it works between a mid thirty person and a child it's called harassment. Especially the two stories "Love is a sad song" and "Binya passes by" is not okay.
There are few other stories which is really good but for the reason above I'm not liking this book
First I want to talk about the positive things from the book.
The narration is simple yet elegant, more realistic world is shown throughout the story. Every situation is described in a elaborate manner without making me feel boredom.
Where it went wrong for me ?
Most of the time when the hero fallen in love with a girl you can blindly bet her age would be 16 or 17 even when the hero is 31 or 36.
May be this is based on the era of 1960's where a girl's age of marriage is determined by the time she hit puberty and I'm reading this in 2020's though I find his love as of a sexual attraction than love itself.
Here some people can think that's how a realistic love works but to be realistic that's not how it works between a mid thirty person and a child it's called harassment. Especially the two stories "Love is a sad song" and "Binya passes by" is not okay.
There are few other stories which is really good but for the reason above I'm not liking this book
October 4, 2017
Continuing my Ruskin Bond binge thanks to my Kindle Unlimited subscription brought me to this wistful little collection of stories about love written by Mr. Bond and I read them all over a rainy long weekend.
Reading them feels like an exercise in sifting through someone's tender memories of a woman loved and lost.
Though they're written about different women in different times, they all seem to be speaking of one woman in particular - who Bond met as a dreamy youth and who was much desired, even deeply loved but who was too practical a woman to stick around with a dreamer.
These show me a side of the storyteller I haven't encountered before - a sensual side that describes his lady love much like he often described his beloved mountains. As inspiring, beautiful and harsh.
Leaves you wanting more.
Reading them feels like an exercise in sifting through someone's tender memories of a woman loved and lost.
Though they're written about different women in different times, they all seem to be speaking of one woman in particular - who Bond met as a dreamy youth and who was much desired, even deeply loved but who was too practical a woman to stick around with a dreamer.
These show me a side of the storyteller I haven't encountered before - a sensual side that describes his lady love much like he often described his beloved mountains. As inspiring, beautiful and harsh.
Leaves you wanting more.
November 10, 2014
It's a collection of short love stories! A light read where you don't need to use your brains just read at your leisure.. Some stories are good, while some are just alright. This was my first Ruskin Bond read. The style of writing is good, easy to understand and the stories are descriptive, no hurry... The talk about love is practical, what usually happens and not something out of a fairy tale.. But then I din't find anything more to it!!
July 7, 2017
3.5 stars.
Makes for a light reading session. Would recommend this to anyone who wants to come out of a reading slump. I cannot find enough words to describe how satisfying it is to read such simple works that involve great storytelling skills. Ruskin Bond is my new favourite author!
Makes for a light reading session. Would recommend this to anyone who wants to come out of a reading slump. I cannot find enough words to describe how satisfying it is to read such simple works that involve great storytelling skills. Ruskin Bond is my new favourite author!
July 23, 2021
Even though there were some stories that I didn't like but the last few were really amazing and made me change my mind. 3.5🌟
April 24, 2020
Some of the famous tales about how the author pursued his love interest during his days of youth are sure to melt your heart and offer you genuine moments of reminiscence. But there are some stories in which the idea of love doesn’t strike the right chord. In fact, those stories morph love into something else that requires the author to write about actions like that might not go down well with everyone. Some authors are known for the genre they write. Similarly, Ruskin Bond is known to write about nature, innocent love and boyhood adventures. However, through this book, readers might get a glimpse of another side of the author, a side that not many can associate with the author. With a lot of erotic fantasies being described, this book misses a beat. Also, I disliked the fact that all the stories have appeared on one or the other collections. They seemed repetitive. Some of the stories that I had read before are Time Stops at Shamli, The Room on the Roof and The Girl from Copenhagen.
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October 19, 2016
The roads we never noticed.The essence of freshly water-drained flowers beaming in the sun,we never took out time to enjoy,the many dusky,dark libraries in the corners of of roads we
never walked,the melodious melancholy of the lovely birds we never found time to listen.Ruskin Bond knows them all.
'Falling In Love Again' justifies the existence of a phenomenal author like Ruskin Bond. This book touched me by the soul. This is one of the books which inspires you into deep thinking,evaluation and analysis of things you never imagined of. For all lovers, who are waiting to be engrossed and amazed by an incredible charmer, Your wait has ended.
The slight not commonly seen side of Ruskin Bond is highlighted in this spectacular sculpture of infatuation and love.
This book goes into the depth for the need of the most meaningful component of life-love in each individual. While reading this book ,I got so enthralled by the importance of love in every individual's life towards another, that I wanted to
stop time and enjoy these treasured stories wholeheartedly forever and ever and ever...
never walked,the melodious melancholy of the lovely birds we never found time to listen.Ruskin Bond knows them all.
'Falling In Love Again' justifies the existence of a phenomenal author like Ruskin Bond. This book touched me by the soul. This is one of the books which inspires you into deep thinking,evaluation and analysis of things you never imagined of. For all lovers, who are waiting to be engrossed and amazed by an incredible charmer, Your wait has ended.
The slight not commonly seen side of Ruskin Bond is highlighted in this spectacular sculpture of infatuation and love.
This book goes into the depth for the need of the most meaningful component of life-love in each individual. While reading this book ,I got so enthralled by the importance of love in every individual's life towards another, that I wanted to
stop time and enjoy these treasured stories wholeheartedly forever and ever and ever...
August 28, 2022
I didn't like most of the stories in the book. I had really high hopes from the book. The author talks about the girls who are of very young age and falls in love with them. Himself being alot older compared to the little girls, he is a pedophile which mostly disgussed me. A dear friend gifted the book not knowing it would have turned around like this.
Not my kind of love stories indeed.
Not my kind of love stories indeed.
August 1, 2020
"Falling in Love Again" is a collection of short love stories.
Though I have a special place in my heart for Ruskin Bond's writings but let's be honest - a few of the stories were good and other ones were okay!
The stories were well written and descriptive in an 'unhurried' way. Nature played a great role as always. But there were few things which I found repeatetive.
Love has been there in the form of passion, desires, attractions and at the end maybe just as a memory.
"It not time who is passing by. It's you and I...."
Though I have a special place in my heart for Ruskin Bond's writings but let's be honest - a few of the stories were good and other ones were okay!
The stories were well written and descriptive in an 'unhurried' way. Nature played a great role as always. But there were few things which I found repeatetive.
Love has been there in the form of passion, desires, attractions and at the end maybe just as a memory.
"It not time who is passing by. It's you and I...."
April 22, 2018
Ruskin Bond needs no introduction. His works are famous for their simplicity as well as the detailing they carry, making the author a pleasant paradox. When he describes Nature, it resonates in your imagination. For example, when he describe the water gushing through, I could actually hear it. Maybe it was because I was imagining it that I also thought of the sound. Nevertheless, that is the power that he holds.
What we usually think when we think Ruskin Bond is that his books are appropriate for children. But there is a difference. The books that he writes for children can be read by everyone. The books he writes for adults, the books on love and romance, like 'Falling in Love Again' must be kept out of the reach of kids. I’ll soon explain why.
'Falling in Love Again' is a collection of short stories that involve Ruskin Bond’s emotion of love. They include stories that I have read earlier as part of his other collections. But they find a home in this one and then you think of how well they fit in here. The stories include 'The Eyes Have It' and 'Susanna’s Seven Husbands'. The latter is one story that I was hoping to read. But now, after reading it, I find it admirable, the way Vishal Bhardwaj turned such a simple story into such a stunning one, both visually and story-wise. The movie he made is called 'Saat Khoon Maaf' and stars Priyanka Chopra as Susanna.
The point of 'Falling in Love Again' is to show how love in its myriad forms can always come back to the same point: going through with the promises you made in the throes of the emotion. I’d known that Ruskin Bond’s portrayal of love and the longing that comes with it was sweet, but it is with this book that I finally see the sensuality that he can put into words. Actually, it’s not just me seeing it. There are sensual descriptions in there, but none of them are cringe-worthy.
And that is the genius called Ruskin Bond.
'Falling in Love Again' also contains a couple of excerpts from Ruskin Bond’s other works, like 'A Room on the Roof'. Though I’ve read those stories before, it is with absolute glee that I read them again. After all, who’d say no to repeated servings of genius? And when served with a HUGE dollop of realism, no one’s going anywhere, no matter what!
None of the stories in 'Falling in Love Again' feature ‘tall, dark, handsome’ men or the type of beauties described in other romance novels. Some of the stories are parts of Ruskin Bond’s life. And it is there that you can see the rawness of the emotions.
All the stories are about people like you and me, everyday people who happen to stumble upon that exalted feeling called love. Yet, they are more romantic than other vividly described romance novels of these days. There is angst, there is joy, there is anticipation, there is heartbreak – everything, in a nutshell.
As like all of his books, 'Falling in Love Again' is easy to read, be it story-wise or language-wise. Despite this, or because of this, the stories give you a lesson in how to take life with a teaspoon of lemon juice. They are realistic and beautiful, and if you are looking for something to engage you without having to use your conscious much, this is the book for you!
What we usually think when we think Ruskin Bond is that his books are appropriate for children. But there is a difference. The books that he writes for children can be read by everyone. The books he writes for adults, the books on love and romance, like 'Falling in Love Again' must be kept out of the reach of kids. I’ll soon explain why.
'Falling in Love Again' is a collection of short stories that involve Ruskin Bond’s emotion of love. They include stories that I have read earlier as part of his other collections. But they find a home in this one and then you think of how well they fit in here. The stories include 'The Eyes Have It' and 'Susanna’s Seven Husbands'. The latter is one story that I was hoping to read. But now, after reading it, I find it admirable, the way Vishal Bhardwaj turned such a simple story into such a stunning one, both visually and story-wise. The movie he made is called 'Saat Khoon Maaf' and stars Priyanka Chopra as Susanna.
The point of 'Falling in Love Again' is to show how love in its myriad forms can always come back to the same point: going through with the promises you made in the throes of the emotion. I’d known that Ruskin Bond’s portrayal of love and the longing that comes with it was sweet, but it is with this book that I finally see the sensuality that he can put into words. Actually, it’s not just me seeing it. There are sensual descriptions in there, but none of them are cringe-worthy.
And that is the genius called Ruskin Bond.
'Falling in Love Again' also contains a couple of excerpts from Ruskin Bond’s other works, like 'A Room on the Roof'. Though I’ve read those stories before, it is with absolute glee that I read them again. After all, who’d say no to repeated servings of genius? And when served with a HUGE dollop of realism, no one’s going anywhere, no matter what!
None of the stories in 'Falling in Love Again' feature ‘tall, dark, handsome’ men or the type of beauties described in other romance novels. Some of the stories are parts of Ruskin Bond’s life. And it is there that you can see the rawness of the emotions.
All the stories are about people like you and me, everyday people who happen to stumble upon that exalted feeling called love. Yet, they are more romantic than other vividly described romance novels of these days. There is angst, there is joy, there is anticipation, there is heartbreak – everything, in a nutshell.
As like all of his books, 'Falling in Love Again' is easy to read, be it story-wise or language-wise. Despite this, or because of this, the stories give you a lesson in how to take life with a teaspoon of lemon juice. They are realistic and beautiful, and if you are looking for something to engage you without having to use your conscious much, this is the book for you!
May 26, 2017
This is going to be a very simple book review…I don’t even think I need to review something written by Ruskin Bond because honestly who would care to read what a 24 year old thinks about the timeless short stories written by Ruskin Bond.
I have heard and read alot of Ruskin Bond short stories growing up and some of them were in the book so I had a great time reading them again and remembering when and where I had read them the first time. Ruskin Bond is the master of short stories, so his treatment story was flawless.The writing and the narration is beautiful and I finished the book with a smile on my face. I even found myself picking up the book and re-reading alot of stories particularly on those hectic work days.
Obviously I loved the book. It took me back to some fond memories and well I came across some new stories to. Just pick this one up, even if you are not a big romantic…just pick it up to enjoy Ruskin Bond’s amazing work.
I have heard and read alot of Ruskin Bond short stories growing up and some of them were in the book so I had a great time reading them again and remembering when and where I had read them the first time. Ruskin Bond is the master of short stories, so his treatment story was flawless.The writing and the narration is beautiful and I finished the book with a smile on my face. I even found myself picking up the book and re-reading alot of stories particularly on those hectic work days.
Obviously I loved the book. It took me back to some fond memories and well I came across some new stories to. Just pick this one up, even if you are not a big romantic…just pick it up to enjoy Ruskin Bond’s amazing work.
May 1, 2021
This book by Ruskin bond have short romantic love stories.
The book obviously involves beautiful description about hills,mountains,rain,stream and other natural Elements..These descriptions give you an amazing mental picture about the story.But at the same time the other factors of stories makes you uneasy.
The narrators of few stories are of early & late 30s who fell in love with teenage girls and being physically involved with them. When I started reading the forth story, I felt uncomfortable due to the girl's age.
After reading the forth story i could only find one review on goodreads that had the similarity with my thoughts. Others are mostly positive reviews. it's upto interpretation of the reader but there should always be line between romanticism and immorality.
Ruskin bond has amazing books no doubt, but this book made me think about other prospect of consent and thought about shading some light on it.
The book obviously involves beautiful description about hills,mountains,rain,stream and other natural Elements..These descriptions give you an amazing mental picture about the story.But at the same time the other factors of stories makes you uneasy.
The narrators of few stories are of early & late 30s who fell in love with teenage girls and being physically involved with them. When I started reading the forth story, I felt uncomfortable due to the girl's age.
After reading the forth story i could only find one review on goodreads that had the similarity with my thoughts. Others are mostly positive reviews. it's upto interpretation of the reader but there should always be line between romanticism and immorality.
Ruskin bond has amazing books no doubt, but this book made me think about other prospect of consent and thought about shading some light on it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 24, 2022
Some simple descriptions of nature, always a 16 or 17-year-old girl in the stories, and the girl always runs away in the end. But what struck me as odd the most was how he had no urgency for anything materialistic in life. And it is almost scary for me to imagine this. How can a man be so inattentive to the necessities of life? No curiosity towards philosophy, science?
But okay. Let's judge his book solely.
He mostly falls in love with a very very young girl, he writes about some stories the girl had, or his daily experience during these in love days. That's it, there is no subtext to it.
Words are good and descriptions vivid.
But okay. Let's judge his book solely.
He mostly falls in love with a very very young girl, he writes about some stories the girl had, or his daily experience during these in love days. That's it, there is no subtext to it.
Words are good and descriptions vivid.
June 25, 2021
Though I love his writing, I was shocked to see sex with underage girl being glorified as romance and also a comment that girls get seduced easily! This is too much even if it is artistic liberty (or was it really that?). Sorry Mr. Bond, this is really disgusting and disappointing!
July 2, 2017
disgusting book I have ever read
February 11, 2023
Pedo stuff . Ewww. Shocked this was published.
June 2, 2021
You know , the way love can change a fellow, is truly frightful to contemplate.
Falling in Love Again: Stories of Love and Romance is a collection of 16 short stories and 3 poems written by Ruskin Bond. A short story A message of the flowers is also included which describes what each flowers represents.
We tend to make ass of ourselves when we fall in love but the intensity it generates can make a writer out of anyone. Bond feels it similarly and remembers he took his love affairs very seriously in his young age.
Bond will never stop writing about love. He keeps falling in love, for where the love begins, there is the border of heaven. Classics such as The eyes have it, The Night train at Deoli, Time stops at Shamli forms part of this collection.
Ruskin Bond appears to be an ardent lover of mankind but many of his love stories end on a note of despair. In Ruskin Bond's love stories, two individuals of opposite sex are attracted to each other but it does not lead to a lasting relationship because, their love is selfless without any expectation.
He is in constantly love with his subjects on which he is writing. Among his many friends was a Vietnamese girl her name was Vu-Phuong, to whom he gave a proposal of marriage, but she left London suddenly to visit her parents in Vietnam, and unfortunately, she never returned, but he kept alive the memory of that unrequited love. His affairs with her are described in the story Tribute to a dead friend.
Mostly he writes tragic stories and an unnamed protagonist in his mature age falls in love with a young innocent girl. It is a mutual relationship between two unmatched couples where the female partner represents the age of innocence, a state of pure, unrestrained love. The male protagonists in Ruskin Bond's love stories are always loyal and genuine but the female protagonists are shown as erratic, young, immature and inclined towards social considerations.
In the story The Girl from Copenhagen Ula and her lover experience the warmth of each other's physical contact to such an extent that they yearn for an everlasting relationship. Spontaneity in love is described in this story of two young adolescents.
Stories written by Bond in the 1950's... there is a good deal of romance, which are often associated with trains. People are always travelling in them and going all over the place, but just occasionally two people meet, their paths cross, and though they may part again quite soon...their lives have been changed in some indefinable way. Stories like The Night train at Deoli, Woman at platform No. 8, The eyes have it, Time stops at Shamli all stories are based on a train station.
Ruskin Bond's love stories are unfulfilled in all cases, but through his stories he proves that love is necessary for life. Human beings, beasts, birds, flowers everyone understands the language of love, and not only human beings, but all living creatures also respond to love in their own way like we saw all the blue pixies showering love on Bond in the Fairy Hill.
The girl in Binya Passes By reflects primeval innocence, an unconcern with the passing of time and events, an affinity with the forests and mountains; this made her special and magical. She belongs to a typical traditional family; her conservative grandmother discovered their love affair. She decides to send Binya to her maternal uncle's home. Thus, the narrator's love meets a tragic end.
You find love when you least expect to and lose it when you are sure that it is in your grasp. Feel love all you readers because it’s the penultimate feeling.
Falling in Love Again: Stories of Love and Romance is a collection of 16 short stories and 3 poems written by Ruskin Bond. A short story A message of the flowers is also included which describes what each flowers represents.
We tend to make ass of ourselves when we fall in love but the intensity it generates can make a writer out of anyone. Bond feels it similarly and remembers he took his love affairs very seriously in his young age.
Bond will never stop writing about love. He keeps falling in love, for where the love begins, there is the border of heaven. Classics such as The eyes have it, The Night train at Deoli, Time stops at Shamli forms part of this collection.
Ruskin Bond appears to be an ardent lover of mankind but many of his love stories end on a note of despair. In Ruskin Bond's love stories, two individuals of opposite sex are attracted to each other but it does not lead to a lasting relationship because, their love is selfless without any expectation.
He is in constantly love with his subjects on which he is writing. Among his many friends was a Vietnamese girl her name was Vu-Phuong, to whom he gave a proposal of marriage, but she left London suddenly to visit her parents in Vietnam, and unfortunately, she never returned, but he kept alive the memory of that unrequited love. His affairs with her are described in the story Tribute to a dead friend.
Mostly he writes tragic stories and an unnamed protagonist in his mature age falls in love with a young innocent girl. It is a mutual relationship between two unmatched couples where the female partner represents the age of innocence, a state of pure, unrestrained love. The male protagonists in Ruskin Bond's love stories are always loyal and genuine but the female protagonists are shown as erratic, young, immature and inclined towards social considerations.
In the story The Girl from Copenhagen Ula and her lover experience the warmth of each other's physical contact to such an extent that they yearn for an everlasting relationship. Spontaneity in love is described in this story of two young adolescents.
Stories written by Bond in the 1950's... there is a good deal of romance, which are often associated with trains. People are always travelling in them and going all over the place, but just occasionally two people meet, their paths cross, and though they may part again quite soon...their lives have been changed in some indefinable way. Stories like The Night train at Deoli, Woman at platform No. 8, The eyes have it, Time stops at Shamli all stories are based on a train station.
Ruskin Bond's love stories are unfulfilled in all cases, but through his stories he proves that love is necessary for life. Human beings, beasts, birds, flowers everyone understands the language of love, and not only human beings, but all living creatures also respond to love in their own way like we saw all the blue pixies showering love on Bond in the Fairy Hill.
The girl in Binya Passes By reflects primeval innocence, an unconcern with the passing of time and events, an affinity with the forests and mountains; this made her special and magical. She belongs to a typical traditional family; her conservative grandmother discovered their love affair. She decides to send Binya to her maternal uncle's home. Thus, the narrator's love meets a tragic end.
You find love when you least expect to and lose it when you are sure that it is in your grasp. Feel love all you readers because it’s the penultimate feeling.
May 12, 2024
I can't believe I waited this long to read my first Ruskin Bond book!❣️
This gem had been sitting on my bookshelf for ages, but once I started reading, I couldn't put it down. Now, I'm a huge fan and can't wait to dive into all of his other books.
If you ever find yourself need a break from the stress of life, I highly recommend picking up a Ruskin Bond book. These literary gems offer a truly unique and immersive experience that will leave you feeling rejuvenated and inspired✨.
What makes these books so special is the way that they portray love and relationships - unlike so much of what we see in the media today which is so much negative and toxic, Ruskin's writing features platonic, untold, unrequited, and sometimes even forbidden love that is both heartwarming and hopeful❣️.
But it's not just the storyline that draws readers in - it's the vivid and detailed descriptions of the natural world that surround the characters. With every turn of the page, you'll be transported to a world of lush greenery🌿, towering foliage🏡, rolling hills🏔️, and babbling rivers🏞️.
Ruskin's poetic language paints🖌️ a breathtaking picture of the world around us, reminding us of the beauty that can be found in even the most mundane moments.
So if you're fed up with the negativity and toxicity of the current portrayal of toxic relationships and love, I can't recommend Ruskin Bond's writing enough✨.
It's a journey of the heart, mind, and soul that will leave you feeling refreshed and renewed with new hope for life❣️.
This gem had been sitting on my bookshelf for ages, but once I started reading, I couldn't put it down. Now, I'm a huge fan and can't wait to dive into all of his other books.
If you ever find yourself need a break from the stress of life, I highly recommend picking up a Ruskin Bond book. These literary gems offer a truly unique and immersive experience that will leave you feeling rejuvenated and inspired✨.
What makes these books so special is the way that they portray love and relationships - unlike so much of what we see in the media today which is so much negative and toxic, Ruskin's writing features platonic, untold, unrequited, and sometimes even forbidden love that is both heartwarming and hopeful❣️.
But it's not just the storyline that draws readers in - it's the vivid and detailed descriptions of the natural world that surround the characters. With every turn of the page, you'll be transported to a world of lush greenery🌿, towering foliage🏡, rolling hills🏔️, and babbling rivers🏞️.
Ruskin's poetic language paints🖌️ a breathtaking picture of the world around us, reminding us of the beauty that can be found in even the most mundane moments.
So if you're fed up with the negativity and toxicity of the current portrayal of toxic relationships and love, I can't recommend Ruskin Bond's writing enough✨.
It's a journey of the heart, mind, and soul that will leave you feeling refreshed and renewed with new hope for life❣️.
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