THE GARDEN OF DREAMS (PB)

 ‘I’ve come to see you,’ she said.

‘For a long, long time, I hope.’ And I took her by the hand and led her
into my home, my
garden of books.

And that was how Kiran came into my life. […] If you meet her, she will
tell you about the
garden of dreams…perhaps she will take you there some day, for she is a
girl who can make
dreams come true.
 
In a world that treasures ‘being realistic’ more than daydreaming, we
sometimes forget that the only
way to aim higher is to daydream a little—how do we have ambition without a
little hope? It is at
times like this when we should remember the desires of your youth. How we
dreamed bigger than
we could afford to; how we leapt and then thought of the fall.

In  Garden of Dreams , Ruskin Bond
brings together stories and personal essays that talk of such youthful
exuberance. He talks of love and its effect on a tired soul; of friends that
become your
anchors through stormy days, of romance kindled over chocolates; and many
such tales that rekindle
our zest for life. This book is for all those who dare to be a little naïve
in this sombre world.