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The inspiring true stories of the interesting people who inhabit the pages of Sudha Murty's books leave an indelible impression on us. But the books are able to chronicle the stories of only the men and women Mrs Murty has actually come across herself in the course of her social work. There must be so many more wonderful stories that many others have to share. Something Happened on the Way to Heaven is a collection of twenty such memorable tru...

Anupama looked into the mirror and shivered with shock. A small white patch had now appeared on her arm.' Anupama's fairytale marriage to Anand falls apart when she discovers a white patch on her foot and learns that she has leukoderma. Abandoned by her uncaring in-laws and insensitive husband, she is forced to return to her father's home in the village. The social stigma of a married woman living with her parents, her steother's continual bar...

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Did you know that Brahma once had five faces?Why do snakes have a forked tongue?Do gods cheat?Why does Shiva sport a crescent moon on his head?The Trinity, consisting of Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu, is the omnipresent trio responsible for the survival of the human race and the world as we know it. They are popular deities of worship all over India, but what remain largely unknown are some of their extraordinary stories.Award-winning author Sudha ...

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...

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 S...

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Extraordinary stories about ordinary people's lives Over the years, Sudha Murty has come across some fascinating people whose lives make for interesting stories and have astonishing lessons to reveal. Take Vishnu, who achieves every material success but never knows happiness, or Venkat, who talks so much that he has no time to listen. In other stories, a young girl goes on a train journey that changes her life forever, an impoverished village ...

What is more important: a successful career or a happy marriage?In the small town of Hubli, Shrikant discovers that he is attracted to his plain-looking but charming neighbour Shrimati, who always does better than him in the school 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 ...

House of Cards is the story of Mridula, a bright young woman with enormous enthusiasm for life who hails from a Karnataka village. A chance meeting with Sanjay, a talented but impoverished doctor, leads to love-and the couple marry and settle in Bangalore. The more Mridula sees of the world, the more she realizes how selfish and materialistic people can be. But she does not take the ups and downs of life to heart, and lives each day with posit...

City girl Nooni is surprised at the pace of life in her grandparents' village in Karnataka. But she quickly gets used to the gentle routine there and involves herself in a flurry of activities, including papad making, organizing picnics and learning to ride a cycle, with her new-found friends. Things get exciting when Nooni stumbles upon an ancient fabled stepwell right in the middle of a forest. Join the intrepid Nooni on an adventure of a li...

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 ha...

Every one of us has a life-affirming story to tell... The inspiring true stories of the interesting people who inhabit the pages of Sudha Murty's books leave an indelible impression on us. But the books are able to chronicle the stories only of the men and women Mrs Murty has come across personally in the course of her social work. There must be so many more wonderful stories that scores of others have to share. Something Happened on the Way t...