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Nakul’s First Lesson

Nakul’s First Lesson

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Sudha Murty
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‘In a foreign land only your wits will come to your aid.’

Before he passed away, this was Bhaskar’s only advice to his son, Nakul. But as is the case with all advice, Nakul would only realize its true value when the time came to actually use it. And as luck would have it, the time came much sooner than expected.

Read on, as Sudha Murty beautifully portrays Nakul’s adventures in this short but amusing tale that highlights the importance of keeping one’s wits.

Imprint: Puffin

Published: Oct/2013

Length : 10 Pages

MRP : ₹15.00

Nakul’s First Lesson

(Penguin Petit)

Sudha Murty

‘In a foreign land only your wits will come to your aid.’

Before he passed away, this was Bhaskar’s only advice to his son, Nakul. But as is the case with all advice, Nakul would only realize its true value when the time came to actually use it. And as luck would have it, the time came much sooner than expected.

Read on, as Sudha Murty beautifully portrays Nakul’s adventures in this short but amusing tale that highlights the importance of keeping one’s wits.

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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