Wise & Otherwise by Murthy Sudha
SUDHA MURTHY HAS WANDERED IN MANY REMOTE AND ECONOMICALLY BACKWARD PLACES IN INDIA. SHE HAS WALKED OVER TO DEPTHS AT THESE PLACES, SHE HAS TRAVELLED BY THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT. SHE HAS TRIED HER LEVEL BEST TO TAKE THE MEDICAL FACILITIES TO THE DOORSTEPS OF THESE NEGLECTED AND NEGLIGENT PEOPLE. HER WORK HAS GIVEN HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO MIX WITH MANY NOBLE PEOPLE FROM THE VARIOUS SECTORS OF SOCIETY. SHE HAS MET THE BEGGAR S FAMILY FROM MUMBAI WHO WENT TO SETTLE DOWN IN GUJARAT WHERE THE EARTHQUAKE HAD LEFT EVERYONE IN CHAOS. SHE HAS MET THE MOTHER OF A GIRL WHO WAS KILLED FOR THE DOWRY. SHE HAS COME ACROSS THE UNKNOWN DONOR WHO HAS DONATED A HUGE AMOUNT BY CHEQUE. SUDHA MURTI S LIFE IS MATURED TODAY WITH THE MEETINGS WITH SUCH VARIOUS PEOPLE WITH THEIR UNIQUE THOUGHTS, PHILOSOPHIES AND FEELINGS. SHE HAS PRESENTED HER EXPERIENCES AS A PROFESSOR AND AS A SOCIAL WORKER. THIS BOOK HAS A VERY SIMPLE AND HOMELY LANGUAGE THAT OF ANY COMMON PERSON, YET IT PRESENTS THE PERFECT PICTURE OF SUDHA MURTI S WORK AND PHILOSOPHY IN DETAIL.
Sudha Murty was born in 1950 in Shiggaon, north Karnataka. She did her MTech in computer science and is now the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. A prolific writer in English and Kannada, she has written novels, technical books, travelogues, collections of short stories and non-fictional pieces and several bestselling titles for children. Her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages. Sudha Murty is the recipient of the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature (2006), the Padma Shri (2006), the Attimabbe Award from the Government of Karnataka for excellence in Kannada literature (2011) and most recently, the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 Crossword Book Awards.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780143062226 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143062220 |
| Title | Wise & Otherwise |
| Author | Murthy Sudha |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House India |
| Year published | 2006-07-18 |
| Number of pages | 232 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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