![]() "The rest I’m not worried about," says Murty, who is also a member of the Gates Foundation.įlight mode: In June, Sudha Murty was called 'cattle class' at the London airport while she was waiting in the queue meant for Business Class travellers. For the young impressionable child, she makes sure that the book ends on a positive note and the takeaways are only constructive. But she does think twice when it comes to writing for children. But in the same vein, Murty tells us, "When I want to write, I just write and enjoy the process." The Shiggaon (Karnataka) born author doesn't care much about how much the book will sell for or what people will write about her. She reiterates the fact that she has written 28 books in her 40 years and not one has received any backlash, and, "Thank God for that!" she laughs. "I had to be very careful, yes," she admits, when we ask her if she is ever weary when it comes to writing about God and Hindu mythology given today's political climate. Nowadays, girls are confident and are part of the workforce, which I really like Sudha Murty, Author and philanthropist ![]() Like her second book in the series, The Man from the Egg refers to Garuda, the large half-man, half-bird who was the vahan (vehicle) of Lord Vishnu. And from all that she read, she chose to retell a select few stories that would otherwise go unnoticed in the larger narrative of the epic. A lot!" Not just in English, but in Marathi and other versions too (as she spent enough of her childhood in Maharashtra). And as per her own confession, she used to and still reads, "A lot. ![]() While most of us were woken up bright and early on a Sunday morning to catch up on our quota of mythology by watching cult classics like BR Chopra's Mahabharat or Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan on television, Sudha Murty read it all. Work profile: As the Chairperson of Infosys Foundation, she has done a lot of work in the areas of sanitation, setting up libraries, rehabilitation post-disasters and much more ![]()
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