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A Woman’s Ritual

A Woman’s Ritual

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Sudha Murty
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Shraddha is a ritual where once a year, three generations of elders who have passed away are venerated by their loved ones. When Sudha Murthy went to perform the shraddha for her father, she was turned away, because she was a woman. “No woman has ever performed this ritual,” the pandit said.

Sudha Murty questions the importance of meaningless ritual while still being devoted to tradition – what does it mean to be a religious woman in the 21st century? A searching and powerful piece on reaching a balance between old and the new as a woman.

Imprint: Penguin

Published: Jan/2017

Length : 10 Pages

MRP : ₹15.00

A Woman’s Ritual

(Penguin Petit)

Sudha Murty

Shraddha is a ritual where once a year, three generations of elders who have passed away are venerated by their loved ones. When Sudha Murthy went to perform the shraddha for her father, she was turned away, because she was a woman. “No woman has ever performed this ritual,” the pandit said.

Sudha Murty questions the importance of meaningless ritual while still being devoted to tradition – what does it mean to be a religious woman in the 21st century? A searching and powerful piece on reaching a balance between old and the new as a woman.

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Paperback / Hardback
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Sudha Murty

Sudha Murty was born in 1950, in Shiggaon, north Karnataka. Author, philanthropist, educator, public speaker and engineer, Sudha Murty completed her master’s in computer science from IISc, Bangalore. She is the founder of Infosys Foundation and the Chairperson of the Murty Trust. A bestselling author with more than three hundred titles to her acclaim, some of her most famous books are Three Thousand Stitches, Dollar Bahu and Wise and Otherwise. She writes in English and Kannada and her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages and have sold more than 60 lakh copies around the country.

Over the years, Sudha Murty has been recognized with many prestigious awards including the Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri from the Government of India in 2023 and 2006 respectively, Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2023, the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature in 2006, the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award in 2020, Lokmanya Tilak and Mahatma awards in 2024. She was also awarded the Rajyotsava and Attimabbe award for excellence in Kannada literature from the Government of Karnataka in 2000 and 2012. Sudha Murty has received 19 honorary doctorates from various universities across India. Currently, she is also serving as the President Nominated Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha.

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