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Funny Side Up brings you Ruskin Bond’s essays, stories and poems that serve as a good introduction to India and its culture among variety of other topics. Summary of the Book With a unique ability to look at the most regular circumstances with exceptional wit and acuity, Ruskin Bond takes his readers to his home, his countryside, his life. Peopled with wild boars, monkeys, a weird cousin who thinks he is the prodigious cricket player Ranji, an aunt who is scared of flowers, and the wise seven-year-old buy, Gautam, Funny Side Up offers a fascinating read not only for children but readers of all ages. About Ruskin Bond Ruskin Bond was born in Himachal Pradesh, India. He is the recipient of the most honorary Indian awards like the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Sahitya Akademi Award and the Indian National Academy of Literature. His autobiography is called Rain in the Mountains. Scenes from a Writer’s Life also talks about the early years of Ruskin. Some of his books are adapted as films and TV series, which have won several awards. Garland of Memories, Rain in the Mountain-Notes from the Himalayas, A Face in the Dark and Other Hauntings, Vagrants in the Valley and Other Poems, and Once upon a Monsoon Time are some of his other works.