Three Thousand Stitches: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives - Brossura

Murty, Sudha

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ISBN 10: 0143440055 ISBN 13: 9780143440055

Casa editrice: India Penguin, 2017

Riassunto

So often, it's the simplest acts of courage that touch the lives of others.

Sudha Murty—through the exceptional work of the Infosys Foundation as well as through her own youth, family life and travels—encounters many such stories . . . and she tells them here in her characteristically clear-eyed, warm-hearted way.

She talks candidly about the meaningful impact of her work in the devadasi community, her trials and tribulations as the only female student in her engineering college and the unexpected and inspiring consequences of her father's kindness. From the quiet joy of discovering the reach of Indian cinema and the origins of Indian vegetables to the shallowness of judging others based on appearances, these are everyday struggles and victories, large and small.

Unmasking both the beauty and ugliness of human nature, each of the real-life stories in this collection is reflective of a life lived with grace.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Sudha Murty was born in 1950 in Shiggaon in north Karnataka. She did her MTech in computer science, and is now the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. A prolific writer in English and Kannada, she has written novels, technical books, travelogues, collections of short stories and non-fictional pieces, and four books for children. Her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages.

Sudha Murty was the recipient of the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature and the Padma Shri in 2006, and the Attimabbe Award from the government of Karnataka for excellence in Kannada literature in 2011.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: India Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0143440055
• ISBN 13: 9780143440055
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 179
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile