Ruskin bond

Publication of the story

This story is written by Ruskin bond . It was published in 1992 in An Island of Trees - a collection of storis.

Summary of the story

This story is taken from An island Of Trees. This is in form of dialogue beetwen Koki and her grandmother. They are sitting on a string cot in the shade of an old jackfruit tree and Grandmother talks about her father and his great love for trees and flowers. She teels Koki that she was convinced that plants and trees loved her father with as much tenderness as he loved them. She recalls how sometimes when she sat alone beneath a tree.She would feel a little lonely or lost. But as soon as her father joined her, the garden would become a happy place, the tree itself more freindly.

Grandmother personified the trees. peepul trees are great show - offs. Even when there is no breeze, thire broad- chested, slim - waisted leaves will spin like tops, determined to attract your attention and invites you into the shade. An old peepul had forced its way through the walls of an old , abundoned temple, knocking the bricks down with its vigorous growth. Her father rebuiltthe temple around the tree. The tree protecs the temple and the temple protecs the tree. People believe that there's a freindly tree sprit dwelling there. Her father also believed that the trees are always trying to move- to reach out with their arms. The same with the banyan tree. While its leaves were still pink and tender,it would be visited by the delicate map butterfly who left her eggs to their care.

Koki's great - grandfather had such a passion for planting trees that during the monoons he would walk into the scrubland and beyond the river bed , armed with cutting and saplings, and he would plant them out there, hoping to create a forest. And he told his daughter that he was not planting the forests for people to see. He was planting it for the eart and for the birds and animals who live on it and need more food and shelter . He also told that why mankind, and not only wild creatures, need trees- for preventing the banks of rivers from being washed away. But everywhere people are cutting down trees without planting new ones.

At end of the story Grandmother narrates an experience, which reveals the deep bond that grows betweenhumans and non-humans if only there is love and compassio. After twenty years or more she returned to her parental house and one day walked over to the island where her father had once planted all kinds of trees. While a small spotted deer scampered away to hide in a thicket and a wild pheasant challenged her with a mellow " Who are you ? " the trees semed to know her and beckoned her nearer. She ran her hands over their barks and it was like touching the hands of old freinds. She noticed that many small trees and wild plantsand grasses had sprung up undre the protection of those whom she and her father had planted years ago. The trees had multiplied. The forest was on the move. Her father'dream was coming true - the trees were walking again , by multiplying , by spreading their shade and benign influence.

Theme of the story

The theme of the story is this save trees. Because if we save them they will save us. Today we find that the whole world is suffering from Environmental problems.Day by day many trees are cutting down by man.

Why I am Choose this
I have chosen this story because the message of the story is that we

The Dreams of Tipu Sultan

Publication of the present play:-

In 1996, the BBC commissioned karnad to write a radio play to celebrate the Fifteth Anniversary of Indian Independence. The plot obviously had to deal with some aspect of Indo-British relations and he immediately thought of Tipu Sultan.Tipu has always facineted playwrights. The radio was broadcast by the BBC on 15 August 1997. In the year of 2004 this book was first published. It's third impression was in 2005.