Monkey on the
Roof is a typical Ruskin Bond story, like about nothing but looks everything.
The story features Ruskin Bond or say shows how he lives in Mussoorie at the
cottage with an adopted family. Initially, he talks about animals and birds and
insects that break into his cottage or onto his study table. He never harasses
or chases them mercilessly; rather he drives them away from his window which
opens to the mountain side, where he stands for hours watching the people on up
road, school children and troublesome monkeys. He says that his roof is made of
tin, old fashioned, where monkeys often make noise and if there are no monkeys,
then its cats vs. rats at night. Ruskin finds obstacles to his sleep; he loves
sleeping and admits that he is a lazy writer. If freedom was given, he would
have his stories written by his assistants.
In the story
he also tells about his obsession for bed tea and breakfast. Ruskin puts strong
emphasis on having good breakfast ever since his young days. He loves to have a
well-proportioned breakfast. On breakfast and tea, Ruskin narrates two
anecdotes; one is that he used to get tea by an ex-convict in Dehradun while
living on rent. And another one was of a Jewish lady in 1950, she used to bring
nice breakfast for him, she was also her landlady.
At the time of
this story Ruskin was seventy. The best feature about Ruskin is that he tries
to find meaning in nothingness that’s why he writes simple and most relatable
stories. He finds a story in an ant that traverses across his study table.
Well, other than its-bits, in this story you will find the Himalayan theme. One
prominent aspect that runs like banter in his stories is the culture of hilly
people. You cannot take away that from him. Recommended for light read.
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