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A PROJECT REPORT ON
Ruskin Bond
Submitted By:
Certified that this project report on Fictitious Interview with RUSKIN BOND by
Year 2018-2019 submitted In Partial Fulfilment to Class XII English Course during the academic
year, 2018-20189 is a bona fide record of work carried out under my guidance and supervision.
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Signature of the project guide with date.
Name: ................................................
School : ....................................................................
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Acknowledgment
This project report on Fictitious Interview with RUSKIN BOND has provided
me to cope with the first-hand experience of having such a joyful and educative
mates for their guidance and encouragement in carrying out this project. I also
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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION PAGE NO : 05
4. CONCLUSION PAGE NO : 12
5. REFERENCES PAGE NO : 13
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Introduction Page 05
ln the new syllabus, prescribed by West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education, project work
has been included as a part of course content. In class XII, four topics have been selected:
i) Film/Theatre Script.
iii) Changing the Background/Time/Social Context of a play and recording how the characters
iv) Indianization of the Writings of some English writers like Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Jane
Austen, Oscar Wilde. Out of these four projects, only one can be chosen.
In our class, we understood the aspects of different projects and chose the second topic,
Fictitious Interview of an Eminent Personality (Current or Historical) and tin this regard we have
selected the eminent author Mr. Ruskin Bond. The experience of project work in Class XI has
1.2 OBJECTIVES
vi) We will able to use our language skill in presenting the eminent personality.
1.3 RESOURCES Page 06
Internet
iii) Only a selection of significant events in the life of an eminent personality can give a glimpse of
iv) Each dialogue should match with personality and role of the character.
1.5 LIMITATIONS
i) We are not very much acquainted with most of the writers and their works.
ii) We have read Ruskin Bond in our text though there much of information was unavailable.
iii) It needs more time than the allotted time limit of ten periods.
v) Group work and collaborative learning is quite effective though individual imagination is also
necessary.
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Methods and Techniques
2.1 INTRODUCTION
In this project, the whole task from selection of the project work, fictitious interview with
RUSKIN BOND, was conducted following a time-bound routine. Our teacher fixed up a schedule
by breaking up the task into day-wise activities. We worked together in groups. An account of
some of the collaborative activities along with methods and techniques are given in this section.
i) discussed about some of the stories of Ruskin Bond with a prominent focus on The Eyes
Have It.
ii) Selected some important story books to have better concept of the person.
i) our teacher told us about interview, different aspects of interview and their steps.
ii) formed groups and tried to chalk out different parts of the interview which were not so
easy work.
i) each group started to change the chalked out papers in a way that it looked typically a
success.
i) each group drafted their prospective setting of the dialogue and consequent corrections
were done.
iii) each group photocopied and distributed drafts of their manuscript among others for
suggestion.
ii) each group discussed among itself and made a draft of the review.
Main Manuscript :
I : You have been a prolific writer. Have you ever experienced the dreaded Writer’s Block?
Ruskin Bond : Yes I have occasionally abandoned a manuscript. I write a story in my head. I see the
story like a movie. So writing that out is relatively simple. When I write I just keep a waste paper basket
handy in case I am experiencing a block. I mostly write short stories. They are best written in a continuous
creative process. You have a feel of immediacy. When you write a novel you have to live with the
characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I never wrote anything more than 250 pages. <picks up
my novel Mediocre But Arrogant and looks at the page count> Your novel is 261 pages. You just managed
to beat me <laughs>. I can’t ever see myself writing something like A Suitable Boy or Mediocre But
Arrogant!
I : Where do you find triggers for your stories?
Ruskin Bond : They could be about people or incidents that have happened to you or to others. A lot of
my stories are portraits of people.
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I : Is nostalgia a better trigger for you than the reality of today?
Ruskin Bond : I was nostalgic even as a young man. Preferred listening to Opera not Bing Crossby. I read
Hugh Walpole, Jack London, Charles Dickens, Joseph Conrad, Evelyn Waugh, Richard Jefferies and Louise
Imogen Guineyas a young man. I watched a lot of movies. I was deeply influenced by movies. I was in
Dehradoon with my mother and step father. Neither had much interest in what I did.
Ruskin Bond : Film is a different medium. So you have to change settings, characters etc to suit the
medium. Sometimes the ending may have to be different. Junoon was very close to what I had in mind. So
was Blue Umbrella. Saat Khoon Maaf was a black comedy. Not sure if the comedy through.
I: Do introverts make better writers than extroverts?
Ruskin Bond : There are two kinds of authors – subjective and objective. Introverts are more inward
looking. Emily Bronte, Virginia Woolf etc wrote from within themselves. Poets like Keats or Shelley were
introverts. On the other hand John Grisham would be my example of an objective writer. Frederick Forsyth
is an example of an objective storyteller. They are extroverts.
Ruskin Bond : I am a storyteller from a personal viewpoint. When I run out of people I invent ghosts.
(chuckles) I don’t believe in ghosts. Never saw one.
I : How has the Indian literary scene changed over the last few years?
Ruskin Bond : There were no lit fests and launches in India till the eighties when we had the first World
Book Fair. In the ’50s and ’60s newspapers also published fiction especially short stories. So I wrote short
stories. We did not have many publishers. But many writers have been forgotten – like Kamala
Markandeya, Mulgaonkar or Mulk Raj Anand.
Ruskin Bond : The more you write, the better you will write! So – keep at it!
I : Ok! Thank you very much for sparing your invaluable time with us.
Ruskin Bond : Welcome my son!
Conclusion
4.1 PRESENT VALUE