Savitri is known to be a major gossipmonger among the teachers in her college. Once her colleagues recognize her nature, they begin avoiding her, leaving Savitri alone and desperate to find people to gossip with.
When Sudha Murty somehow manages to become a victim of Savitri’s stories, she learns how Savitri twists words and creates news out of nothing.
Murty is against everything Savitri stands for. So what happens when people who are so different collide? Read on.
The more you share, the more you get’ is a simple lesson that almost every parent tries to teach their kids. But no one has a better idea of how kids actually imbibe this lesson than teachers. Apart from running an NGO, doing social work and writing, Sudha Murty has also worked as a teacher. In Sharing with a Ghost, Murty pens down a few interesting anecdotes from her time as a college teacher.
While her experiences are diverse and unexpected, ranging from a classroom to a haunted mansion, these stories highlight the concept of sharing and how important it is in bringing people together.
When Sudha Murty runs into Satish, a young boy she knew from her village, years after she’d last seen him, it is just before his wedding—he is betrothed marrying Murty’s friend’s daughter. Murty knew of Satish and his family, and had even helped fund Satish’s education years ago. However, after Satish meets Murty, he cancels the wedding.
The turn of events involving Satish and his family’s decisions make Murty wonder: Is there such a thing as bad help? Read on to find out how Murty deals with bad situations borne out of good intentions.
History is a dead subject of the past that gives us information about dead people and incidents.’
This is what Rajiv, a young and bright student of computer science, believes. He doesn’t think it makes sense to study a course of events that are of no use today. However, as his teacher makes it her responsibility to prove him wrong, she takes him on a trip to a small town.
Will Rajiv recognize the significance of history over the course of a school trip? Read more to find out!
Being a social worker, Sudha Murty believes it is her responsibility to keep check the conditions in which people work—especially those who work for her.
After visiting a notebook factory and noticing the poor environment the workers were forced to endure, Murty decides to give all 200 workers a gift for Diwali. However, the manager of the factory is a curious man who might just make a good deed feel dreadful.
How will Murty show the workers how grateful she is? Read on to find out.
In Sticky Bottoms, Sudha Murty shares a short anecdote of what she thought would be an impossible journey.
On a train, Murty’s bad luck ensures she meets Venkat, an old high-school friend, known for talking non-stop, again. And now, she is forced to endure him on an eight-hour train ride with him. Only superhuman amounts of patience can save her.
Can Murty manage to survive this unimaginable journey? Read on.
After he learns that the prices of vegetables in the village have increased yet again, Parappa, an old man, decides to help grow food for the poor.
He proposes the idea during a village meeting, and tells the members that he wants to clean up unused land, grow vegetables there and distribute the produce among the poor people of his village. However, upon hearing Parappa’s suggestion, the village has quite an unexpected reaction, believing that someone of Parappa’s age cannot undertake such a vigorous task.
Can Parappa prove the village wrong? Read more to see whether Parappa gets to perform his good deed.
How deep is the love of a good woman? Sudha Murty unpacks the love of three different women, in how they go against society’s demands for selfless acts. Each woman knows the struggles they face to find water every day. Each woman knows that the power to bring water to homes lies only in the hands of powerful men. Each woman does what is needed to make sure that happens anyway. The struggle and pain of being a good woman in rural India is brought to life beautifully by Sudha Murty.
Everyone in his community loves Vinayak, a young boy in his early twenties, as he loves helping others. One year, during the Ganapati Festival, Vinayak and his friends start a donation for the festival. After the celebrations, they realize that they’ve collected quite a significant amount of money. While they try to come up with an idea of how to spend the remaining money, Vinayak has an unusual suggestion—he wants to start a fund to help the needy with post-death rituals.
Will the adults agree to such an unexpected suggestion, even if it is for a good cause? Read on to find out.
When he was desperately looking for work, Anant, a young and trustworthy worker, landed a job at a very generous household. As time passed, Anant became their trusted help. Now, many years later, he stands at the familiar doorstep again, with a request regarding his grandson.
As generations change, so do values. Will Anant’s wish be granted? Was his hard work worthy of such a request? Read on to find out.
