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.
On her first trip to the USA, Sudha Murty, a proud Indian, is surprised at having to deal with ignorant questions like, ‘You play with snakes, and cows are allowed to wander on the highways. Is that true?’ Even immigration officers degradingly interrogate her because she looks and dresses ‘different’.
A couple of years later, she is once again travelling to the US. Will she have to face the same demeaning stereotypes again? Read on to find out.
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 woman provides bathing water to hundreds of people in a drought-stricken area; a do-gooder ghost decides to teach a disconsolate young man Sanskrit; and in the title story, a woman in a flooded village in Odisha teaches the author a life lesson she will never forget.
From the bestselling author of Wise and Otherwise and The Old Man and His God, this is another heart-warming collection of real-life stories that will delight readers of all ages.
When a farmer invites another to come live with him and help with his farm, he thought it would be easy. But their wives cannot get along. Kashibai is hard working with a temper, and Fatimabai is lazy with a gentle nature. Through years of irreconcilable strife, a sudden tragedy pulls the life of these women inextricably together. Can a woman really surpass her own unhappiness for the sake of her enemy’s child? Sudha Murty gently tells this eternal tale of struggle and redemption through the power of a mother’s love.
Sudha Murty explores how a single moment of kindness can change an entire life. Chitra was an abandoned girl alone on a train without a ticket. Sudha couldn’t bear to leave a girl alone on the railway station late at night. What could she do? How much responsibility can one woman take for a the life of a strange girl child? Sudha Murty deftly explores the tenderness of selfless, small actions, and how a single person can make all the difference in the world.
Rudhra was no stranger to the charms of women—they were always running after him.
A charming boy with dreamy eyes, he knew exactly what women want and loves how complicated they are. So when it came to Ree, he finally found a challenge—a girl he couldn’t understand. She was the only girl who made him feel this incapable.
Will Rudhra be able to achieve the impossible—to get a girl who has no time for him, to fall in love with him? Read on to find out.
For all his hard work, street smartness and honesty, Ranjit’s luck has never favoured him, especially when it comes to women. So when he hits it off with Geeta during one of his marketing trips to Bombay, he can hardly believe it.
But as soon as he returns to Kolkata, his bad luck returns as well, and this time it seems to be affecting his work. Down on luck and out of hope, Ranjit doesn’t quite know what to do when an email—with the potential to change his world—lands in his inbox.
Could this email lead him to the girl of his dreams? Read on to find out more.
He still keeps her letter in his pocket—the letter from his beloved—even though the words in it were clear and final: It was over. So what if he missed her a little too much and had read that letter every single day for the last three years?
He tried to go about his daily businesses like any other person—eventually, he would be capable of managing without her, right?—but, every now and then, sadness engulfed him. What choice did he have? Maybe they were never meant to be together.
But what if they were to meet again, under different circumstances? Could they rediscover the love they once had? Read on to find out what happens in this emotional tale.
When Samrat receives an invite to his college reunion, he is especially excited to meet his then best friend, Emily. Although there had been many instances when he had almost confessed his true feelings for her, he could never muster the courage to actually say the words out loud. With these feelings still filling his heart, he can’t wait to see Emily and tell her everything. But there is something that Samrat does not know about Emily, something that might make him rethink the nature of life.
Read on as Samrat realizes what he’s failed to see all these years in this heart-warming tale of love lost and found.
What makes journeys so magical? On her to way to Delhi for her grandson’s first birthday, Sapna realizes she’s boarded the wrong train and might just end up stranded in an unknown town. However, someone come to her rescue—someone with a very familiar voice, which takes her down the memory lane.
But he disappears as quickly as he appeared, leaving only a note behind.
Who was this man? Why did he help her? Why did it feel like he meant so much to her? Read on to discover the answers to these questions.
