Title: Mahashweta
Author: Sudha Murthy
Genre: Literary Fiction
Publisher: Penguin India
Pages: 160
Rating: 5/5
Two years
back I picked the book of Sudha Murthy and title was “How I taught my
Grandmother to read” It was kind of anthology. Non- fictional stories author
had taken from his own life. There were emotions, simplicity, self-made
characters and most important thing hidden messages. I loved the book and fell
in love with writings of Sudha Murthy. After months I got chance to read her
fictional work “House of Cards” and loved it to the core. The way author weaved
the strong story line around characters was outstanding.
Past day I
read her most book, titled “Mahashweta” I was curious when I started the book
as I knew author not only writes fiction but somewhere she strengthens the
personality of readers via her characters. And that what’s the real teachers
do. They teach you life’s most important lessons which enveloped into stories,
giving us examples how one reacts in particular situaltion. And I’m announcing
happily Surdha Murthy Ji is incomparable into that.
If we talk
about the basic story line, actually it is a thought provoking novella, in
which the protagonist was a girl, named Anupama. Her family was not financially
strong but her beauty and her prominent character directed her to world of art,
she started doing theatre where she met her hero, Dr. Anand. They got married but
somehow Fate played a cruel role and the person her husband who convinced
anupama that he would love her the most…come what may, left her in the middle
of world. Then story revolved around her struggle how she enabled herself to
cope up all this obstacles. At last when her husband comes to her but…. Hey You …Read
the novel. Don’t let me spoil the whole story. Highly Recommended!
ABOUT AUTHOR
Sudha Murthy is an Indian author and social worker.
Other books by Sudha Murthy - Grandma's Bag Of Stories, The
Bird With Golden Wings : Stories Of Wit And Magic, Gently Falls the Bakula,
Dollar Bahu, and The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk: Life Stories from Here and
There.
Sudha Murthy was born in 1950 in Karnataka.
With a BE in Electrical Engineering and an ME in Computer Science, she was a
gold medalist at both the graduate and postgraduate levels. She was the first
woman engineer to be employed by TELCO. She married Narayana Murthy, who is one
of the founders if the IT company Infosys. Sudha Murthy was one of the initial
investors in the company. She is now the Chairperson of the Infosys Foundation.
She has been awarded the Padma Shri, and also been given honorary doctorate
degrees.
