Last weekend, i got 2 books to read which i got as gift from my team. Both of them are Sudha Murthy's.
One is "How i taught my grandmother to read and other stories". Actually i was attracted by the title and the front cover and expected so much. But there was nothing much as i expected. There were no story in that. It was all about the author's life incidents. Totally it was old "Naadha!! Devi!!" style. But somewhat ok kind to read.
The other book is "Mahashwetha", a novel by Sudha Murthy.
I liked the narration and the story. I felt like crying when Vasant asked, "Where is your family?" and Anupama said "I don't have one".
I felt like clapping, when Anupama says to Anand ,"Saying right thing at right time is what makes a conversation meaningful".
But there are some strange things, even though the story is inspiring, the author did not talk anything beyond sanskrit and north kartanaka. Always, there was a thing in mind like, girls are born to suffer, while reading the story. I don't know whether to take this as the Author's mind set, or our society is like that.
But being a south Indian village girl, 80%, i am agreeing to Sudha Murthy's thoughts about our society.
People will give more importance to external look, even they are educated. There will be 75 % people in south India are like "Anand".
The author did not talk anything more about the disease, may be lack of details, or did not want to dig on that.
Over all, i liked this story. But people from different culture and background will not say"This is a good story".
Thanks to Sudha Murthy for giving nice week end thoughts for me.
Be Simple and happy..
Vaanadhi.
One is "How i taught my grandmother to read and other stories". Actually i was attracted by the title and the front cover and expected so much. But there was nothing much as i expected. There were no story in that. It was all about the author's life incidents. Totally it was old "Naadha!! Devi!!" style. But somewhat ok kind to read.
The other book is "Mahashwetha", a novel by Sudha Murthy.
I liked the narration and the story. I felt like crying when Vasant asked, "Where is your family?" and Anupama said "I don't have one".
I felt like clapping, when Anupama says to Anand ,"Saying right thing at right time is what makes a conversation meaningful".
But there are some strange things, even though the story is inspiring, the author did not talk anything beyond sanskrit and north kartanaka. Always, there was a thing in mind like, girls are born to suffer, while reading the story. I don't know whether to take this as the Author's mind set, or our society is like that.
But being a south Indian village girl, 80%, i am agreeing to Sudha Murthy's thoughts about our society.
People will give more importance to external look, even they are educated. There will be 75 % people in south India are like "Anand".
The author did not talk anything more about the disease, may be lack of details, or did not want to dig on that.
Over all, i liked this story. But people from different culture and background will not say"This is a good story".
Thanks to Sudha Murthy for giving nice week end thoughts for me.
Be Simple and happy..
Vaanadhi.
