Go reclaim your readers says Ruski
Wikipedia Ruskin Bond said in an interview, “India could soon be facing a predicament of having more writers than readers”. The use of “Predicament” tells us the Padma Bhushan awardee foresees a difficult, unpleasant or embarrassing situation for the publishing industry which may impact the book sales. Watching him talk would have provided the opportunity to factor in his tonality along with the non-verbal cues to make a comprehensive sense of what the iconic writer meant when he said what he said. This post is not so much about agreeing or disagreeing with his statement, as it is about my interpretation of the “Why” and “What” of the entire interview. Being the grand old man of Indian literature, he is at a vantage point to review the Indian literary scenario and hence not many will share the same perspective. As hinted, I will not consider this comment in isolation but review it in conjunction with others from the same interview. He also stated " Publishing...