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Book Review: The Blue Umbrella by Ruskin Bond

Among all Ruskin Bond books, The Blue Umbrella has, so far, gathered immense applaud from readers and critics alike.  This is a short novel, but the kind of moral lessons it teaches to us are simply overwhelming.

This is a story of Binya, a poor little girl living with her mother and an elder brother, Bijju, in a small hilly village of Garhwal. One day while herding her two cows back home, she stumbles upon some city people enjoying the picnic in the valley. She is enthralled to see them well-groomed and rich. She craves to be one like them and among many other things of their, a blue frilly umbrella catches her attention. She begins craving for it. On the other hand, the city people get attracted by her innocent beauty and the pendant in her neck. The pendant consists of leopard’s claw – which is considered a mascot widely in the hills. Binya trades her pendant off with the blue umbrella.


The blue umbrella is so much beautiful that soon it becomes a topic of conversation for villagers and children adore her umbrella so much that every time they feel like to touch or hold it. Binya is on seventh heaven and rarely closes it because she believes it looks charming when it is opened.

Ram Bharosa runs a small shop where he sells food items, grocery, and soft drinks without a refrigerator. He is so much envied by the umbrella that he decides to own it at any condition. So, he extends a proposal for buying the umbrella from Binya. But she refuses the offer. The refusal turns him off. Very soon, he hires a boy from the neighboring village to work at his shop. The boy being loyal to him steals the umbrella from Binya when she is out in the jungle collecting porcupines quills.

Ironically, the boy is caught by Bijju. When the boy reveals Ram Bharosa’s name behind the stealing, the villagers ostracize him and also stop visiting his shop. As a result, Ram Bharosa suffers a loss and his livelihood comes on the verge of end.

Binya feels sad about Ram Bharosa’s situation and she reproaches herself for his suffering. Next, she donates her umbrella to Ram Bharosa. In return, Ram gifts her pendant with a bear’s claw in it, which is considered even luckier than of leopard’s.

The Blue Umbrella by Ruskin Bond is a children’s book. The story is short and simple but elegantly touches the core aspect of humanity - kindness. Through Binya Ruskin instills a sense of kindness among children. It is an amazing read for all.

Loved reading this novella, you can read the character sketch of all three main characters of the book.
Ram Bharosa - https://goo.gl/G5wbCq


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Comments

  1. nice post really awesome!!!

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    1. It was a good story! I loved that, thanks for the book review.

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    2. Kindly tell the word limit

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    3. It is very good story in all of my life and It is very useful for children and fantastic book
      My brother and sister like
      The story

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    1. It is a very useful story to children and fantastic book

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  3. goood story ............. i love reading even though no one reads in my family and as iam a poor girl we dont have enough money to buy
    then also i love 2 read\

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  4. it became very helpful for my school assignment thank u..

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  5. amazing story.......

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  6. Ur summary was very informative and helpful and contained all aspects of the story. Hats off to you for doing such a wonderful job......

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  7. The story is short and simple but elegantly touches the core aspect of humanity - kindness. Through Binya Ruskin instils a sense of kindness among children. It is an amazing read for all.

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  8. I read this long ago and had to write a review . I found themes of healing and forgiveness ,how the life of a community can change with the introduction of a simple object and the ability of children to see through the game of adults and transcend it . remember reading it again and again .

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  9. nice story....thanks RUSKIN BOND for one more wonderful novella..Used for my holiday homework

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  10. Please,don't miss watching this movie. Pankaj kapur was awesome! Just the perfect movie to watch. Vishal bhardwaj should get all credit.

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  11. Great
    Great . Thanks for the review. Your website is website is very useful. 😄

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  12. Very well written... Gud job 👍

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  13. I want the book publication

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  14. This is helpful for my diwali homework

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  15. Read it just yesterday.it is amazing

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  16. I want a book review.....
    Please🙏🙏 😚

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  17. Ruskin Bond casts the kind of simplicity in his stories that has an impactful impressions over one's life..

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  18. When did anil visit old lady ?

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  19. This book is a must to read i also have the book even though i am not so fond of reading books😄

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  20. Super story .This is a good story for children

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  21. superb story yrrr 🥺❤

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  22. thanks its help me my holiday homework now i no need to buy this book

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  23. It was very helpfull for summer vacation homeworj

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  24. Interesting story. Thanks for this Book Review. You've simple yet wonderful Book Blog

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  25. what is character description

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  26. This is a wonderful story by Ruskin Bond , it had helped me in my English Holiday Assignment and thanks for the one who had posted this

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  27. Ayushi Dhar ChowdhuryJanuary 2, 2023 at 6:19 AM

    Fantastic story and its summary :)

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  29. It is a great story

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  30. a beautiful short story by Ruskin Bond

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  31. Nice story ❤️🔥👌

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  32. Thanks! This helped my homework 👍😌

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