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Who received the Sahitya Akademi Award for English in 1992 for 'Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra'?
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Answer: Option D — Ruskin Bond
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Ruskin Bond received the Sahitya Akademi Award for English writing in 1992 for "Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra", a collection of short stories.
About "Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra":
- It contains semi-autobiographical stories about Bond's childhood in Dehradun, his relationship with his father, who died when Ruskin was a boy, and his memories of people and places.
- The title story describes how he returns as an adult to find that the trees his father planted are still growing.
About Ruskin Bond:
- He was born on 19 May 1934 in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, to British parents.
- He spent his childhood in Jamnagar, Dehradun, Delhi and Shimla.
- He has lived for decades in Landour, Mussoorie, in Uttarakhand, and the hills of Garhwal are the setting of many of his stories.
His first novel, "The Room on the Roof" (1956), written when he was 17, won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1957). Its hero is Rusty, an Anglo-Indian boy who leaves his strict guardian to live with Indian friends.
Other famous works include "The Blue Umbrella", "A Flight of Pigeons", "The Night Train at Deoli", "Rusty" stories, "Time Stops at Shamli", "Susanna's Seven Husbands" and "Roads to Mussoorie".
Several of his works have been made into films:
- "A Flight of Pigeons": "Junoon" (1978), directed by Shyam Benegal.
- "The Blue Umbrella": film by Vishal Bhardwaj (2005).
- "Susanna's Seven Husbands": "7 Khoon Maaf" (2011), by Vishal Bhardwaj.
- His autobiography is "Lone Fox Dancing" (2017).
- He received the Padma Shri (1999), the Padma Bhushan (2014) and the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (2021).
Other Sahitya Akademi winners in English:
- Vikram Seth: "The Golden Gate" (1988).
- Amitav Ghosh: "The Shadow Lines" (1989).
- Upamanyu Chatterjee: "The Mammaries of the Welfare State" (2004).
Why not the other options?
- ✗Vikram Seth won in 1988 for "The Golden Gate".
- ✗Amitav Ghosh won in 1989 for "The Shadow Lines".
- ✗Upamanyu Chatterjee won in 2004.
Quick tip
Remember: Ruskin Bond = Sahitya Akademi 1992 ("Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra"); "The Room on the Roof" (1956); "The Blue Umbrella"; lives in Landour, Mussoorie; autobiography "Lone Fox Dancing".
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