HarperCollins Celebrates Ruskin Bond’s 88th Birthday with the Release of How to Live Your Life

Be whatever you want to be…

Give it your heart and soul, and you will have

made something of your life, my friend.

A book packed with all the good advice anyone, any age, would love and benefit from because it is sound wisdom distilled from the wonderful life and times of the inimitable Ruskin Bond,
unmistakably one of India’s most popular authors. 

Tina Narang – Publisher, HarperCollins India says, ‘We are honoured and delighted in equal measure to have had a chance to publish Ruskin Bond’s definition of life. At 88, with a life well lived or rather wonderfully lived, Mr Bond is right there on top among the people most suited to tell us how to live our lives. Told in true Bond style, each piece of advice will ring true with everyone who reads the book as you’ll discover true wisdom on its pages, again and yet again.’

About the author:
Ruskin Bond is one of India’s most well-known writers. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and  the Padma Bhushan in 2014. He lives in Landour, Mussoorie.

About the illustrator:
Shamika Chaves is an illustrator, author and graphic designer based in Mumbai. She successfully pursued a degree in applied art and has worked on several children’s books, including her first three books as an author and illustrator – Your Journal of Memories, Happy Holidays and The Ten Second Book of Laughs and Surprises.