An Author Close To My Heart

Reading can make you super powerful when write up resonates strongly with their readers. This is a very powerful line which signifies that how the author or content creator should be. I want to designate about my favorite Indian author whom I adore a lot is Sudha Murty. She is one of the most decent and to the point author who has capability to transform one’s thoughts into the most positive and ethical one. As we all are aware that she is Padma Shri awardee, Indian Engineering educator, Kannada, Marathi and English author as well as a social worker. She is also the Chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. She is married to the co-founder of Infosys, N. R. Narayana Murthy.

Talking in detail she is one of the most creative writers of numerous books. She is so energetic, humble and kind. All of these qualities of hers are shown in her writing. She mostly writes on real life scenarios that one or the other way connects with heart. She was a intense academician since childhood and turn out to be the first female engineer to be hired in TELCO, India’s largest automobile manufacturer. With an aim to empowering as many women as possible, Murty's untiring efforts to spread awareness about rural hygiene, education, cleanliness has been recognized worldwide and appreciated.

Sudha Murty is a super original writer of many books. Her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages and have been sold all over the country. She was the beneficiary of the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature. She has published several books that promote her logical views on charity, kindness, normal life and self-realization through fictional and non-fictional narratives. “How I Taught My Grandmother to Read” is one her most renowned works, with the title story been translated to more than 15 languages. Some other noteworthy works by Sudha Murty are "Mahashweta", "Dollar Bahu", "The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk", "The Mother I Never Knew", "Wise and Otherwise", among others.

I remember her interview with Mr. Shashi Throor. Mr. Throor asked “We have a great vocabulary than why you write with the calmest words?” Here Mrs. Murty replied- “In India we have only 10-20% people who are very good at English Language, 50-60% people are aware about normal English. That is the reason while I write book, I think about the people so people buy my books so they can relate to me, they should feel they should be comfortable without dictionary as when they are reading, they are cooking or doing some work, so I do not want to disturb their work. This is the only reason.”

This simplicity touched my heart and the books are so inspiring that it changes moods and goal of our life. Sudha Murthy always stimulated everyone specially youth to lead a simple life and listen to their morality. She trusts that the beauty of a person lies in simplicity and self-confidence.