Of course there are some incidents here which happened to me because of the people I met during my work or in my travels. If you have a sensitive mind and record your observations regularly, you will see your life too is a vast storehouse of stories. To them I reply that in life’s journey we all meet strange people and undergo so many experiences that touch us and sometimes even change us. People often ask me how it is that so many interesting things happen only to me. All the experiences mentioned here are real, though the names have been changed in some places. I have now written two collections of my real-life experiences which many say they have enjoyed reading. Her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages and have sold over 150,000 copies.įor Infosys Foundation, that has shown me a world beyond, with immense gratitude
A prolific writer in English and Kannada, she has written nine novels, four technical books, three travelogues, one collection of short stories and two collections of non-fiction pieces, including How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories (Puffin 2004). She is also the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. An M.Tech in Computer Science, she teaches Computer Science to postgraduate students. Sudha Murty was born in 1950 in Shiggaon in north Karnataka. THE OLD MAN AND HIS GOD Discovering the Spirit of IndiaĬontents About the Author Dedication Preface 1: The Old Man and His God 2: Freedom of Speech 3: Horegallu 4: The Way You Look at It 5: A Tale of Two Brothers 6: The Journey 7: An Officegoer’s Dilemma 8: The Deserving Candidate 9: The Business of Philanthropy 10: A Helping Hand 11: True Shades of Nature 12: Made in Heaven 13: The Grateful Tenant 14: A Foreigner, Always 15: The Line of Separation 16: A Buddhist on Airport Road 17: Sweet Hospitality 18: Friends Forever 19: The Perfect Life 20: Hundred Per Cent FreeĢ1: Two Faces of Poverty 22: India, the Holy Land 23: Mother’s Love 24: Village Encounters 25: May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Children Follow Penguin Copyright
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