Book of the week - The Blue Umbrella

A girl with the most beautiful umbrella

“She was always ready with her smile, and would willingly have lent it to anyone who was feeling unhappy.”
― Ruskin Bond, The Blue Umbrella

This is one of my favourite quotes from Ruskin Bond and today I’m delightfully writing about one of the most beautiful books written which is The Blue Umbrella.

The story revolves around a girl named Binya who exchanges her lucky leopard’s claw pendant for a beautiful umbrella. But, little did she know that she would then be the centre of attraction of the village and everyone would have an eye on her beautiful asset, especially by a shopkeeper who wants to snatch it away from her.

“The umbrella was like a flower, a great blue flower that had sprung up on the dry brown hillside”.
― Ruskin Bond, The Blue Umbrella

Even though Binya belonged to a small village she always felt the need to give something to others, even if it was just a simple smile which would surely enlighten someone’s day.

This novel was written by Ruskin Bond in 1980 and was adapted into a Hindi Film in 2005 by Vishal Bharadwaj which also won the award for National Film Award For Best Children’s Film.