The Blue Umbrella

Book Review
This story is written by Ruskin Bond, which can be read by all ages. I personally
feel this story is very fascinating as it gives us a glimpse about the developing and
competitive world around us. The main theme of his story is to show humanity and
kindness among the people. It shows us that we should not be selfish, and jealous
about the things others have. Instead, we should be contented with what we have.
The Blue Umbrella’s Story is about a girl named Binya, who is from a poor village
and lives with her mother and elder brother. One day she saw a bright and
magnificent blue silk umbrella. She exchanged her necklace which was a leopard
claw with that bright blue silk umbrella to a lady who came from the city. The
umbrella was so beautiful that everyone in the village dreamed of having one.
Binya always used to carry the umbrella with her wherever she went. There was
one more person whose name was Ram Bharosa, who was very rich and had a
shop. He got attracted to the blue umbrella and even tried to buy that umbrella
from Binya, saying that this umbrella is not for a little girl, but Binya refused to
sell. Binya was so attached to the umbrella that she barely stayed away from it. As
the years passed the umbrella began to fade its color. But still, the umbrella was
the best in the village. As time passes, Ram’s jealousy of the umbrella turns into
an obsession. Ram had an employee named Rajaram, Ram said to Rajaram to steal
the blue umbrella from Binya. Rajaram tried to steal the umbrella for his master,
but unfortunately, he was caught, and everyone in the village started hating Ram
for the disappointing act he had done. Now no one used to go to Ram’s shop. Ram
was extremely disappointed by his action. One day Binya went to ram’s shop to
buy candy and left the umbrella there. Ram got the feeling to keep the umbrella,
but he was very disappointed, and so he ran out of the shop and called Binya to
take back her umbrella, but Binya Said she left the umbrella for him. Ram was
filled with joy. After a few days, Ram gifted her a bear claw pendant. This story
clearly shows the feeling of humanity and kindness among the characters. When
Binya got to know that Ram wanted her umbrella she gave it to him which depicts
kindness and love. In return Ram gave her a pendant to repay the favor of Binya
to give him her umbrella. In the end I would like to include by saying that this
story is very helpful to learn our moral values.