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The Lucky Purse

The Lucky Purse

(Penguin Petit)

Sudha Murty
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When Mallika got married, her mother gave her a silk purse filled with gifts. Kind-hearted as Mallika was, she gave the purse away to a young orphan bride she met on her way to her new house, who was sad about not having any gifts for her in-laws.

Karma has its own mysterious ways of working and ten years later, Mallika is destined to encounter the silk purse again, but in circumstances she couldn’t have imagined even in her wildest dreams.
The Lucky Purse is another one of Sudha Murty’s marvellous little gems that highlight the importance of being kind to one another.

Imprint: Puffin

Published: Oct/2013

Length : 10 Pages

MRP : ₹15.00

The Lucky Purse

(Penguin Petit)

Sudha Murty

When Mallika got married, her mother gave her a silk purse filled with gifts. Kind-hearted as Mallika was, she gave the purse away to a young orphan bride she met on her way to her new house, who was sad about not having any gifts for her in-laws.

Karma has its own mysterious ways of working and ten years later, Mallika is destined to encounter the silk purse again, but in circumstances she couldn’t have imagined even in her wildest dreams.
The Lucky Purse is another one of Sudha Murty’s marvellous little gems that highlight the importance of being kind to one another.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback
Ebooks

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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