- Set In Shahjahanpur During The Revolt Of 1857, A Flight Of Pigeons Is Ruskin Bond&Rsquo;S Classic Novella About The Twists Of Fate, History And The Human Heart. When Ruth Labadoor&Rsquo;S Father, A Clerk In The British Magistrate&Rsquo;S Office, Is Killed In An Attack By Sepoys, Her Family Seek Refuge With Their Trusted Companion, Lala Ramjimal.
- Ruskin Bond's first novel, The Room on the Roof, written when he was seventeen, won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novels (including Vagrants in the Valley, A Flight of Pigeons and Delhi Is Not Far), essays, poems and children's books, many of which have been published by Penguin India.
| Author | Ruskin Bond |
|---|---|
| Original title | ahilan |
| Country | India |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novella |
| Published | 2003 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 144 pp (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-670-04927-1 (Penguin edition, hardcover) |
A Flight of Pigeons is a novella by Indian author Ruskin Bond. The story is set in 1857,[1] and is about Ruth Labadoor and her family (who are British) who take help of Hindus and Muslims to reach their relatives when the family's patriarch is killed in a church by the Indian rebels. The novella is a mix of fiction and non fiction and was adapted into a film in 1978 called Junoon[2] by Shyam Benegal, starring Shashi Kapoor, his wife Jennifer Kendal, and Nafisa Ali.[3][4]
Download Free PDF. The Cherry Tree. Download PDF Package. Ruskin Bond as a Nature Writer Born in India in 1934, Ruskin Bond is a writer of British descent. Funny Side Up, A Flight of Pigeons and some 50 other books for children. Because of his contribution to Children’s Literature, The.
Summary[edit]
The novel starts with the death of the father of Ruth Labadoor in front of her eyes in a church. This murder is committed by the Indian rebels who are a part of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and who have decided to kill all the Britishers of the small town of Shahjahanpur. It is then that Mariam Labadoor, who is the mother of the narrator, Ruth, comes into action. She takes their entire family of six to their trusted friend Lala Ramjimal who keeps them at his home and gives them security and shelter. The Pathan leader Javed Khan comes to know that there are a few foreigners living in Lala's home and he comes into his house unannounced and forcefully takes away Ruth and Mariam Labadoor to his home. The rest of the book talks of the various incidents experienced by the Labadoor family, who are very warmly welcomed by family members of Javed Khan. Javed Khan himself is a cunning man and he pleads Mariam to marry Ruth. Mariam opposes the proposition many times as she does not want Ruth to marry Javed Khan. She keeps the condition that if the British are able to defeat the Indian rebels, then Javed Khan will not marry her daughter. But if they are defeated by the rebels, then she would give her daughter to him. The British are able to take the hold of the country and Javed Khan escapes the country and is not heard of. With a lot of help and support, the Labadoor family finally reach their relatives.
Main characters[edit]
Ruth Labadoor[edit]
She is the narrator of the novel and witnesses the killing of her father.[5] With the help of her mother, friends and others, she and her family finally make it to their relatives.
Lala Ramjimal[edit]
He is the most trusted friend of the Labadoor family and he gives shelter to the family before Javed Khan forcefully takes them out.
Javed Khan[edit]
He is a courageous Pathan. He loses focus on his commitment when he sees Ruth Labadoor and falls in love with her. Despite many attempts, he is not able to please Mariam Labadoor to let him marry her daughter. He later flees the country and is not heard of.
References[edit]
- ^'A flight of pigeons: Ruskin Bond - The Statesman'. The Statesman. 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^'Penguin Books India'. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^Sen, Raja (25 August 2005). 'Revisiting 1857: Benegal's Junoon'. Rediff.com. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^Lokapally, Vijay (10 July 2014). 'Blast from the Past: Junoon (1978)'. The Hindu. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^'MUST READ: Flight of Pigeons'. Hindustan Times. 2006-05-27. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
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