nature of arun in the story the woman on platform 8

The Woman on Platform 8 - One of the best loved writers for childern and adults is Ruskin Bond. Bond has forged an enduring relationship with the hills of North India by living in a hill station there. His vivid description of Nature and people, and gentle hu..

'The Woman on Platform 8' is written in Ruskin Bond's inimitable style. The story is set on a railway platform - platform number 8 in Ambala. The young boy whose name is Arun is the narrator of the story..

Introduction - As the train chugged out of the station, Satish yelled out a goodbye to his mother. Arun quietly said a good bye to the kind lady in white, now addressing her as mother. He watched her till she was completely out of sigh..

Question 1 - Question: Why was Arun all alone on platform 8? Answer: Arun was almost twelve years old. His parents thought that he was old enough to travel on his own and so sent him off all alone back to his boarding schoo..

Ruskin Bond was born in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, in 1934, and grew up in Jam Nagar (Gujarat), Dehradun and Shimla. For over forty five years, Bond has been writing stories, novels, essays, poems and children's books. Ruskin Bond received the Sahitya Akademi Award for English Writing..