How I Taught My Grandmother to Read: And Other Stories

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This and various such profound experiences form the basis of How I Taught My Grandmother To Read And Other Stories. One may safely conclude that this rich harvest of stories, How I Taught My Grandmother and Other Stories is marked by fidelity to truth and beauty. She has been awarded the Raja-Lakshmi Award, and the Padma Shri award for her contribution in the spheres of social work, charity and philanthropy. There are many gripping stories about Sudha Murty's students, children as well as stories across India. Her grandparents, themselves being illiterate, put all their effort into teaching their children and grandchildren .

While I wouldn't recommend them to someone who prefers more polished writing, I certainly can't deny that her voice strikes a chord inside my own middle class, ambitious self. It urges the reader to reconnect with his moral fiber through its stories on honesty, friendship, and patriotism. The account of how her mother's advice to save money came in handy when she wanted to help her husband start a software company, and the heart-warming tale of the promise she made-and fulfilled to her grandfather, to ensure that her little village library would always be well supplied with books. One of the simple pleasures of the author s grandmother was listening to her granddaughter narrate the story of Kashi Yatre, a lady who sacrificed her life s savings to help out the needy, appearing in the weekly magazine Karmaveera. Because in this country of 1 billion people we have heard some stories from childhood that have a lot of moral value.

The book is simple and easy to read with no complications , The book is themed around various morals suitable for children and youngsters , that does not mean the book is not meant for grown ups , Its refreshing to go through the stories especially when you have hard time and you dont wanna have faith in humanity and society , The book kindles the optimism in you and reminds of altruism , inspiring others and things that matters to one most than money. The stories are about her teachers and her students, her friends and her family, her husband and her children, her early career as an engineer and her latter one as a teacher and social worker. The book is not a great book, but will always be close to my heart for the various small stories that touched upon the humane aspects. Instead of undermining the person and demeaning him, by naming him publicly, a pseudonym could have been used.

A very delicate and beautifully written book, you feel how honest and truthful it is, and that it comes from the heart of the author. In ‘A lesson in Ingratitude’, what she conveyed was a fair point, but I completely disagree with the way that point was put across. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. After watching a couple of her videos, where she came across as a sincere person with good moral values, I was further keen on catching up with her writings and so decided to start with these short stories. Baffling at first, the experience of living and coming through this strange request changed the child s mind forever.The book teaches valuable lessons about courage of conviction and executing things that you feel you ought to do from within. There is great simplicity in the lessons she tries to impart, they are those of the importance of education, honesty, perseverance, kindness, Independence and include incidents that moved her or made her think. The laughter in this book will keep you entertained, and the author's life teachings are an added bonus. The reader can learn loads from this simple living, high thinking teacher who has spent most of her life doing charitable work. Every word by her is imprinted on my mind as I read it in quite an early age but quite enough to understand and bring the morals in my behaviour.

Sudha Murthy has also authored The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk, Gently Falls the Bakula, Wise and Otherwise, and Old Man and His God. After the author comes back from a week-long vacation, she finds her grandmother in tears because she couldn t read her favourite stories and is saddened that she didn t go to school. After completing the book,I again wanted to revise all the lessons taught in the story-as I always do with other books-and Trust me Its double the fun reading the book twice. As a bright woman from a simple middle class family with a liberal upbringing, Sudha Murthy reminds one of a school teacher and her stories have an instructive tone to them. I felt a strong underlying ubiquitous humble bragging across the book regarding herself or her family which appeared to be somewhat compulsive, and sadly that diminished my opinion considerably.How I taught my grandmother to read and other stories’ seems like a pretty childish title for a book. I picked up this book, just for a break from usual reading , as short stories is something that i like to switch over to at times. This story book is showcasing the pure and warm relationship between a grandmother and her granddaughter. In fact, they stories are hallowed in reality, is the impression one would get, even if you randomly take up a story.

Who won’t admire Mrs Sudha Murty’s philosophies and her relentless devotion to her philanthropic activities? If the author had cut down on the self glorification and the self appraisal on every second page, this book. And they are just so meaningful and heart touching that I was misty eyed from the beginning to the end.She not only suggests us to be positive and optimistic but also shares with us the dark side every human being has.