Sudhā Mūrti

What Do You Do When Your Grandmother Asks You To Teach Her The Alphabet? Or The President Of India Takes You On A Train Ride With Him? Or Your Teacher Gives You More Marks Than You Deserve? These Are Just Some Of The Questions You Will Find Answered In This Delightful Collection Of Stories Recounting Real-Life Incidents That Happened To Sudha Murty, Teacher, Social Worker And Wife Of The Man Who Founded India'S Best-Known Software Company, Infosys. Whether It Is About The Letter She Dashed Off To J.R.D Tata Because His Company Did Not Want To Employ Women, Or The Student Who Always Falls Short Of Attendance In Her Class And Later Realizes His Mistake, Or How Her Mother'S Advice Of Saving Money Came In Handy When Her Husband Wanted To Start A Software Company, Each Of These Stories Teaches A Valuable Lesson, Of Simplicity, Patriotism And The Importance Of Love And Friendship. Funny, Heartwarming And Spirited, These Stories Will Inspire Children To Make A Difference In The World Around Them And To Become Better People.

How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories

Collection of real life stories from India.

Life Stories from Here and There

The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk

A Story Of How Money Corrupts The Way People Look At One Another And How It Can Almost Tear A Family Apart Vinuta Marries Girish, A Bank Clerk, And Starts Living With His Family In Bangalore. She Adjusts To Her New Family Well, Looking After Her Husband, Father-In-Law And Mother-In-Law Gouramma, Not Taking To Heart Her Mother-In-Law S Constant Picking. But When Girish S Elder Brother Chandru, Who Is In The Us, Decides To Get Married, Vinuta Has To Listen To The Constant Comparisons Made Between Her And Chandru S Wife, The Dollar Bahu , Whose Husband Earns The Valuable Dollars That Has Brought The Family Its Recent Affluence. Vinuta Slowly Loses Her Peace Of Mind And Health. Then Gouramma Decides To Visit Her Us-Based Son And Daughter-In-Law. Once There, She Sees How Liberating Life Can Be, Away From The Strict Norms That Govern Indian Middle-Class Life. But She Also Begins To Understand That Mere Dollars Cannot Buy The Love And Respect That She Gets As Her Due Back In India. Does Gouramma Forge A New Relationship With Vinuta And Can Vinuta Forgive And Forget The Past?

Dollar Bahu

Through Grandma's Bag Of Stories, Sudha Murty recreates the traditional way of storytelling, where kids sit around a grandparent, while getting mesmerised by one interesting tale after another.

Grandma's Bag of Stories

Did you know that the Trinity often turned to goddesses to defeat the asuras? Did you know that the first clone in the world was created by a woman? The women in Indian mythology might be fewer in number, but their stories of strength and mystery in the pages of ancient texts and epics are many. They slayed demons and protected their devotees fiercely. From Parvati to Ashokasundari and from Bhamati to Mandodari, this collection features enchanting and fearless women who frequently led wars on behalf of the gods, were the backbone of their families and makers of their own destinies. India's much-loved and bestselling author Sudha Murty takes you on an empowering journey -through the yarns forgotten in time-abounding with remarkable women who will remind you of the strong female influences in your life.

Daughter from a Wishing Tree

&Lsquo;Shrikant Was Restless . . . Holding A Bakula Flower In His Palm, He Was Wondering Why He Was Fascinated By This Tiny Flower, That Was Neither As Beautiful As A Rose Nor Had The Fragrance Of A Jasmine Or A Champaka. And Yet, It Was Very Special To Him. It Held An Inexplicable Attraction For Him.&Rsquo; /Strong Shrimati And Shrikant Are Neighbours And Star Students Of Their School In The Small North Karnataka Town Of Hubli. It Leaves No One In Surprise When They Come First And Second Respectively In The Final Board Exams. Soon Shrikant Discovers He Is Strangely Attracted To Shrimati, A Plain-Looking Yet Charming Person, Who Always Does Better Than Him In The Exams. Shrimati Too Falls In Love With The Amiable And Handsome Shrikant And The Two Get Married. Shrikant Joins An It Company And Starts Rapidly Climbing The Corporate Ladder. He Works Relentlessly And Reaches The Pinnacle Of His Industry, While Shrimati Abandons Her Academic Aspirations And Becomes His Uncomplaining Shadow, Silently Fulfilling Her Duties As A Corporate Leader&Rsquo;S Wife. But One Day, While Talking To An Old Professor, She Starts Examining What She Has Done With Her Life And Realizes It Is Dismally Empty . . . Gently Falls The Bakula Is The Story Of A Marriage That Loses Its Way As Ambition And Self-Interest Take Their Toll. Written Nearly Three Decades Ago, Sudha Murty&Rsquo;S First Novel Remains Startlingly Relevant In Its Scrutiny Of Modern Values And Work Ethics.

Gently Falls the Bakula

Sudhaa

The Magic of the Lost Temple

Unusual Tales about the Trinity

The Man from the Egg

" ... A collection of twenty such memorable true-life stories. Handpicked by Sudha Murty from entries submitted in an open competition run by Penguin, they capture the hope, faith, kindness and joy that life is full of even as we make our way through the daily grind."--Back cover.

20 Inspiring Real-Life Stories

Something Happened on the Way to Heaven

Mahashweta

As she goes about her work with the villagers, slum dwellers and the common men and women of India, the author listens to them and records what they have to say. Their accounts of the struggles and hardships which they have at times overcome, and at other times been overwhelmed by, are put together in this book.

Discovering the Spirit of India

The Old Man and His God

A princess thinks she was a bird, a coconut that cost a thousand rupees, and a shepherd with a bag of words...Kings and misers, princes and paupers, wise men and foolish boys, the funniest and oddest men and women come alive in this sparkling new collection of stories. The clever princess will only marry the man who can ask her a question she cannot answer; the orphan boy outwits his greedy uncles with a bag of ash; and an old couple in distress is saved by a magic drum. Sudha Murty's grandparents told her some of these stories when she was a child; others she heard from her friends from around the world. These delightful and timeless folktales have been her favourites for years, and she has recounted them many times over to the young people in her life. With this collection, they will be enjoyed by many more readers, of all ages. Age group of target audience is 8+.

The Magic Drum and Other Favourite Stories

SUDHA MURTHY, A PROFESSOR, A SOCIAL WORKER AND BEST OF ALL AN AUTHOR WITH THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND SKILLFUL MIND. HER WRITING IS BASED ON TRUTH, AND PRESENTED IN A WONDERFUL MODE, TOUCHING US, GIVING US IMMENSE PLEASURE. WE OFTEN COME ACROSS UNEXPECTED SITUATIONS, SAY FOR EXAMPLE YOUR GRANNY WISHES TO OVERCOME HER ILLITERACY WITH YOUR HELP, OR MAY BE THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA WISH YOUR COMPANY WHILE TRAVELLING, OR YOUR TEACHER ALL OF A SUDDEN DECIDES TO GIVE YOU MORE MARKS THAN YOU DESERVE. WHAT WILL YOU DO IN THESE SITUATIONS? WHILE READING SUDHA TAI`S STORIES YOU WILL COME ACROSS THE SOLUTIONS FOR THESE ASTONISHING SITUATIONS. THIS BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF STORIES. ONE STORY HAS A NAUGHTY STUDENT AND BELIEVE ME, HIS NAUGHTINESS WILL KEEP YOU TOTALLY ABSORBED. THE OTHER STORY TELLS US ABOUT A WIFE WHO SAVES EVERY SINGLE PENNY FROM HER HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES WITH JUST ONE DREAM, HER HUSBAND`S DREAM OF SETTING UP A NEW BUSINESS. FOR THE AUTHOR, THIS BRINGS BACK HER MOTHER`S MEMORIES AND HER ADVICE. THE AUTHOR HAS ALSO WRITTEN ABOUT HER GRANDPA AND THE PROMISE THAT SHE HAD MADE TO HIM FOR DONATING BOOKS TO THE LIBRARY IN HER VILLAGE. ALL THESE STORIES HAVE FRESHNESS, THEY ARE HEALTHY AND THEY MAKE US SMILE. EACH AND EVERY STORY IMPARTS AN IMPORTANT LESSON, HOW TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS WHICH HAVE TOUCHED OUR SOUL, WHICH WE FIND VERY LOGICAL, WHICH ARE BASED ON OUR PRINCIPLES.

Goshṭī māṇasāñcyā

"Unmasking both the beauty and ugliness of human nature, each of the real-life stories in this collection is reflective of a life lived with grace. So often, it's the simplest acts of courage that touch the lives of others. Sudha Murty--through the exceptional work of the Infosys Foundation as well as through her own youth, family life and travels--encounters many such stories ... and she tells them here in her characteristically clear-eyed, warm-hearted way. She talks candidly about the meaningful impact of her work in the devadasi community, her trials and tribulations as the only female student in her engineering college and the unexpected and inspiring consequences of her father's kindness. From the quiet joy of discovering the reach of Indian cinema and the origins of Indian vegetables to the shallowness of judging others based on appearances, these are everyday struggles and victories, large and small"--

Sudhā Mūrti

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