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In Conversation with Ruskin Bond<\/h3>\n

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Ranji was up at dawn.<\/p>\n

It was Sunday, a school holiday. Although he was supposed to be preparing for his exams, only a fortnight away, he couldn\u2019t resist one or two more games before getting down to history and algebra and other unexciting things.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to be a Test cricketer when I grow up,\u201d he told his mother. \u201cOf what use will maths be to me?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou never know,\u201d said his mother, who happened to be more of a cricket fan than his father. \u201cYou might need maths to work out your batting average. And as far as history, wouldn\u2019t you like to be a part of history? Famous cricketers make history!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cMaking history is all right,\u201d said Ranji. \u201cAs long as I don\u2019t have to remember the date on which I make it!\u201d<\/p>\n

Ranji met his friends and teammates in the park. The grass was still wet with dew, the sun only just rising behind the distant hills. The park was full of flower-beds, and swings and slides for smaller children. The boys would have to play on the river bank against their rivals, the village boys. Ranji did not have a full team that morning, but he was looking for a \u201cfriendly\u201d match. The really important game would be held the following Sunday.<\/p>\n

The village team was quite good because the boys lived near each other and practiced a lot together, whereas Ranji\u2019s team was drawn from all parts of the town. There was the baker\u2019s boy, Nathu; the tailor\u2019s son, Sunder; the postmaster\u2019s son, Prem; and the bank manager\u2019s son, Anil. These were some of the better players. Sometimes their fathers also turned up for the game. The fathers weren\u2019t very good, but you could tell them that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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After all, they helped to provide bats and balls and pocket-money.<\/p>\n

A regular spectator at these matches was Nakoo the crocodile, who lived in the river. Nakoo means Nosey, but the village boys were very respectful and called him Nakoo-ji, Nakoo, sir. He had a long snout, rows of ugly-looking teeth (some of them badly in need of fillings), and a powerful scaly tail.<\/p>\n

He was nearly fifteen feet long, but you did not see much of him; he swam low in the water and glided smoothly through the tall grasses near the river. Sometimes he came out on the river bank to bask in the sun. He did not care for people, especially cricketers. He disliked the noise they made, frightening away the water-birds and other creatures required for an interesting menu, and it was also alarming to have cricket balls plopping around in the shallows where he liked to rest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Once Nakoo crept quite close to the bank manager, who was resting against one of the trees near the river bank. The bank manager was a portly gentleman, and Nakoo seemed to think he would make a good meal. Just then a party of villagers had come along, beating drums for a marriage party. Nakoo retired to the muddy waters of the river. He was a little tired of swallowing frogs, eels and herons. That juicy bank manager would make a nice change\u2014he\u2019d grab him one day!<\/p>\n

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  • Publisher \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>Rupa Publications; Latest Edition (1 September 2015)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Language \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>English<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Paperback \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>327 pages<\/span><\/li>\n
  • ISBN-10 \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>8171672884<\/span><\/li>\n
  • ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>978-8171672882<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Item Weight \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>342 g<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Dimensions \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>13.97 x 1.52 x 21.59 cm<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Country of Origin \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>India<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

    About the author<\/h2>\n
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    \"\" \u00a0Ruskin Bond<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Ruskin Bond is the author of several bestselling novels and collections of short stories, essays and poems. These include The Room on the Roof (winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize), A Flight of Pigeons, The Night Train at Deoli, Time Stops at Shamli, Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra (winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award), Angry River, The Blue Umbrella, Rain in the Mountains, Roads to Mussoorie, A Little Night Music, Tigers for Dinner, Tales of Fosterganj, and A Gathering of Friends.<\/p>\n

    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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Ranji was up at dawn.<\/p>\n

    It was Sunday, a school holiday. Although he was supposed to be preparing for his exams, only a fortnight away, he couldn\u2019t resist one or two more games before getting down to history and algebra and other unexciting things.<\/p>\n

    Product details<\/h2>\n
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    • Publisher \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>Rupa Publications; Latest Edition (1 September 2015)<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Language \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>English<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Paperback \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>327 pages<\/span><\/li>\n
    • ISBN-10 \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>8171672884<\/span><\/li>\n
    • ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>978-8171672882<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Item Weight \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>342 g<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Dimensions \u200f : \u200e\u00a0<\/span>13.97 x 1.52 x 21.59 cm<\/span><\/li>\n
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