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The Thief - Ruskin Bond About the Author and Text Ruskin Bond (born 1934) is a well-known Indian author of British descent. He was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize for his first novel, The Room on the Roof. Bond has published more than thirty books for children and over three hundred short stories. His stories have been collected in popular titles such as The Night Train at Deoli, Funny Side Up, and Ghost Stories from the Raj. Some of his most well known novels are Vagrants in the Valley, A Flight of Pigeons, The Blue Umbrella and Susanna's Seven Husbands. (The last three have been made into films.) In 1992, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his short story collection Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra. In 1999, he was awarded the Padma Sri for his contribution to children's literature, and in 2014, the Padma Bhushan. In this story, the author portrays a thief's transformation into an honest man. The narrator of the story is the protagonist...

Interviews and Interviewing Skills A job interview or an academic interview is a formal meeting at which people are asked questions by one or a panel of interviewers to find out if they are suitable for a job or a course of study. Job interviews usually follow an application being sent by a candidate, in response to an advertisement or otherwise. Interviews for jobs could be walk-in, which means that the candidate, following instructions in an advertisement, goes directly with all relevant documents, such as a CV, certificates and testimonials to the place where an interview is conducted—sometimes after a preliminary screening. Being a form of oral communication, interviews are usually conducted face-to-face, but this is now also being done increasingly over the telephone. A good academic background is undoubtedly the most important factor in your being able to find a job of your choice or in furthering your educational goals. It is, however, just as important that you lea...

Report Writing A report is a form of writing that gives information about event, situation or process to someone who wants it. To be useful a report must be written in clear, simple language and in a direct style that would allow the person for whom it is written to find the required information quickly and easily. It is necessary to be clear about three things when writing a report—what the report is about, who it is meant for, and what it will be used for. Report writing is an important communication skill that you will need to use during your years of study and, later, when you begin working The three kinds of reports you will learn to write in this unit are A. newspaper reports, B. reports of scientific experiments and processes, and C. official reports prepared on the instructions of someone in authority. A. Newspaper reports and general reports Newspaper reports cover current events and everyday incidents in the country and abroad. They deal with a variety of subje...