Review: All Roads Lead To Ganga By Ruskin Bond
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As life goes on the metros, with its own sort of breakneck speed, there is always a need to have a reminder of how nature itself and smaller towns still represent a lot of what we miss today. Ruskin Bond's All Roads Lead to Ganga, does that with his absolute signature style with lucidity, simplicity, and a generous backing of well researched information. Bond's relationship with the smaller towns of North India are already well known, and a lot of his literature revolves around the life in these locations; he does the same thing, with new flavors and an overall interesting read.
A more detailed description of All Roads Lead To Ganga
From what a writer may experience in the hills, what kind of trees grow in the hills and what it feels like living with them, what village life feels like in the hills, what kind of characters live there, what kind of charm one might witness during undertaking a journey to the spiritual capitals of Tungnath, Badrinath, how and where rivers cross each other, how the birds sing, and the list is endless; Ruskin Bond manages to go through a lot of content (knowledge included), with his signature fluency and uncomplicated narration. In fact, after reading the book, one might find it to be a 'mental cool-down', an antidote to an overdosed brain with experiences of the big city life. It isn't that the big city is all war and struggle, but the smaller towns, cities, villages,and in Ruskin's case, the hills specially, have a charm which the reader may be in urgent need of. And for this, Ruskin Bond deserves a thanks like always, for this 121 page travel memoir.
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