How I Taught My Grandmother to Read: And Other Stories

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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. Her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages and have sold over three lakh copies around the country. But I prefer to read it slower as each of the stories in this book have a lot of meaning and depth to it. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

The book, in my opinion, is more than stories because it includes a motivational component as well as maybe important life lessons!If the author had cut down on the self glorification and the self appraisal on every second page, this book.

Because in this country of 1 billion people we have heard some stories from childhood that have a lot of moral value. It urges the reader to reconnect with his moral fiber through its stories on honesty, friendship, and patriotism. Her grandma s strange request becomes the title of the book and the first short story in this anthology. 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.

She not only suggests us to be positive and optimistic but also shares with us the dark side every human being has. Who won’t admire Mrs Sudha Murty’s philosophies and her relentless devotion to her philanthropic activities? In the pages of these books, she recounts her meetings with some famous and some not so famous people, who taught her great valuable lessons.

Funny, spirited and inspiring, each of these stories teaches a valuable lesson about the importance of doing what you believe is right and having the courage to realize your dreams. Though fictional, most of the stories have anecdotes from the author s personal life, especially her childhood. In ‘A lesson in Ingratitude’, what she conveyed was a fair point, but I completely disagree with the way that point was put across. In fact, they stories are hallowed in reality, is the impression one would get, even if you randomly take up a story. There are many gripping stories about Sudha Murty's students, children as well as stories across India.Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. The reader can learn loads from this simple living, high thinking teacher who has spent most of her life doing charitable work. They contain moral values and real-life experiences blended by Sudha Murty to form a great short story collection.

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. Her grandparents, themselves being illiterate, put all their effort into teaching their children and grandchildren . 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. Sudha Murthy s How I Taught My Grandmother To Read And Other Stories has been translated into 15 languages.It has the stories of helpful strangers as well as the strangers who betrayed many people; incidences about trust, realizing dreams, perseverance, honesty and hard-work. Each story has a liberal dose of morality about it and she deftly makes it an inalienable part of the story. The horse's name was ' Chetak' And not ' Chetan', something South Indians conveniently forget or overlook in the history of North Indians. The book is more than a story, as it carries a motivational facet and probably the valuable teachings of life. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).