The Room On The Roof Story

He is not allowed to travel outside and have any contact with the indians living in the town.

The room on the roof story.

One rainy day rusty meets a boy called somi. The room on the roof is the coming of age story centered on a lonely orphaned anglo indian boy rusty. Due to his guardian mr harrison s strict ways he runs away from his home to live with his indian friends. The moment of action.

At 17 he is living with his strict guardian on the outskirts of the town dehra with the members of the british community. The room on the roof summary a day to walk free. This is his masterpiece that tells a wonderful tale of adolescence and coming of age. The room on the roof is semi autobiographical work by ruskin bond india s favorite storyteller and also a renowned writer of children s books.

Soon the story moves to the occasion of holi. Unhappy with the strict ways of his guardian rusty runs away from home to live with his indian friends. The novel revolves around rusty an orphaned seventeen year old anglo indian boy living in dehradun. It was bond s first literary venture.

Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize in 1957. A classic coming of age story which has held generations of readers spellbound rusty a sixteen year old anglo indian boy is orphaned and has to live with his english guardian in the claustrophobic european part in dehra dun. Ranbir a new indian friend coaxes rusty into. He offers rusty a ride on his bicycle.

The room on the roof is a novel written by ruskin bond.