• Jagdish K. Bawane

Indian English has come to be perceived as an assortment of English in its own right. Indian English writing has turned out to be a standout amongst the most noteworthy writing in literature. Indian authors in English have been utilizing every one of the types of writing in literature. The Indian short story essayist in English started his work under the influence of the west, at the end of the nineteenth century. These scholars have made numerous creative investigations with the frame and the story strategies. A modest attempt has been made to examine Ruskin Bond's artistic works. He has achieved mindfulness about the provincial Indian life. He depicts the life of provincial individuals with solidness and decorum. He portrays successfully and skillfully a lifestyle of individuals living in towns, their qualities, standards, convictions, states of mind, conventions, traditions, superstitions, religion and so forth in his accounts. There are noticeable highlights of rustic culture which are reflected in the different accumulations of short fiction of Ruskin Bond. He delineates different parts of human presence in his accounts against the foundation of country India. He depicts the Indian Festivals and its social importance from the awesome to earthbound substances and its effect on the history and the human progress of contemporary society. In this exploration the paper has investigated the Social Customs, Festivals and Gods in the writing of Ruskin Bond. Ruskin Bond cherishes India, as well as the general population and convention of the considerable number of religions of India and gives due regard to them. In his works, Ruskin Bond frequently gives us plentiful depiction about Indian social traditions, celebrations and religious divine beings. Regardless of being a Christian, he knows about Indian traditions, as he has seen and appreciated this nearly. India is a major nation possessed by the general population of various religions and traditions. Security predominantly concentrates towards the celebrations celebrated in North India. Ruskin Bond's portrayal of Indian traditions and celebrations is loyal and with no sort of bias. The researchers propose to investigate Ruskin Bond's portrayal and legendary undertone of Indian God in its actual soul and sense.

Indian Social Customs, Traditions, Festivals, Rural Culture, Customs

"Rural Culture and Customs: An Exploration of Ruskin Bond’s Literary Opus", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.655-657, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811896.pdf

"Rural Culture and Customs: An Exploration of Ruskin Bond’s Literary Opus", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp655-657, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811896.pdf