Ruskin Bond Festival Day 2

I apologise for the massive delay in publishing this post, but here it is, nonetheless:

Literary Coterie founder Rushank Goyal first commenced the event by welcoming Ruskin Bond on the stage - Robotic Ruskin Bond, that is. 😉
Yes, you read it right; Rushank made a complete Ruskin Bond from scratch. Even you can, by following these simple steps -

1. Obtain a picture of Ruskin Bond that you can use
2. Print it on an enormous sticker paper
3. Get a huge piece of cardboard
4. Cut the cardboard into Ruskin Bond's shape - this is the main body
5. Paste the sticker on the cardboard
6. Remove the hands
7. Purchase two servo motors (we used the 9g ones)
8. Connect the motors to a microcontroller (we used an Arduino)
9. Upload code for moving the servo motors (no, we aren't giving that to you)
10. Print Bond's hands on separate pieces of paper
11. Cut the paper in the correct shape
12. Glue thermocol on the back to provide the hand support
13. Paste the shaft of the motor
14. Poke two holes in the main body at the shoulder level of the hands
15. Attach the servo motor on one side and the hands on the other
16. The Arduino connected to the motors should be pasted on the back and connected to a battery or AC supply

And voila! you have your very own Ruskin Bond - with hands that move according to your code

Following that, Dr Ruchi Goyal gave a presentation on 'Ghosts & Hills'

We also had other speakers

A treasure hunt was also conducted by Bhaskar and Adina

The winners were given prizes

Rushank also shared a few funny dialog(ue)s from Ruskin Bond books he had read

Ruskin Bond also cut the birthday cake for his 85th birthday, and he did this using a rather special apparatus - another one of Rushank's inventions - called a 'cake-cutter'. It basically consisted of a 9g servo connected to a battery and Arduino.

By the way, this is just us setting it up; it had the ability to function without any assistance.

The next session is just two days away and no one can wait!