Mussoorie the Queen of the Hills; And the Inimitable Ruskin Bond

 Above Mussoorie, the tourist town in the background.
 At Mussoorie with the cable car in the background.
The cable car looks exotic with Mussoorie in the background.
 With Ruskin Bond at the book store in Musssoorie owned by him.
 My favourite is "The Eyes Have It" -
 My journalist brother who was also there to interview the grand old man for his magazine.
Finally, Ruskin Bond obliged me with his personal autograph. My name in his scrawl. :-)

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