{"id":278,"date":"2025-09-20T07:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T11:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/literaturefest.ca\/?page_id=278"},"modified":"2025-09-28T02:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T06:56:27","slug":"ruskin-bond","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/literaturefest.ca\/ruskin-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruskin Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row el_id=&#8221;getting-here&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1759042577265{margin-top: 60px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h1 class=\"display-2 special-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Our Team\/Author<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; curly_bg_repeat=&#8221;bg-no-repeat&#8221; curly_bg_position=&#8221;bg-pos-center-bottom&#8221; curly_bg_parallax=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1759042585938{padding-bottom: 120px !important;background-image: url(url(https:\/\/literaturefest.ca\/theatrewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/06\/lightinthetheater.jpeg-copy.jpg?id=93) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ruskin Bond<\/h1>\n<p>Ruskin Bond is an Indian author. 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