Wise and Otherwise — By Mrs. Sudha Murthy

Kanika Khetan
2 min readMar 13, 2021

This book is a collection of short stories by Infosys co-founder Mrs. Sudha Murthy. Her name is not less known in India. She is one of the few pioneer women in the field of Engineering and she proudly carries the title of being the only girl in class.

In this book she shared her experience drom Infosys Foundation and how she met various kinds of people. She shares her experience with a son who left his father in old age home and escaped with a clear lie. She also took us through a journey through the life of her father and few of her friends and made us learn about how life can be unfair but how you need to overcome it. The stories and examples are so subltely presented at it will move you. It may lead to overwhelming reactions, it can make you cry or brust out laughing but it will surely teach you a thing with each moving chapter.

A wonderful book with a language you can easily follow. In case you are a beginer and looking for short stories which can hold you and which will be easy to follow go with this one. A woman from our background sharing her experience from the real world will take you along with her. This book is a journey not only through circumstances of people but also mindsets and thinking of the general people we encounter in our daily lives. This book is something from where you can learn, enjoy, gossip and follow as an example. A must read for people going for short stories and fun learning.

Here are some extracts from the same: https://youtu.be/XDAPIVoPl10

Have you read it?

Originally published at https://readtravelreview.blogspot.com on March 13, 2021.

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Kanika Khetan

Chartered Accountant and A Reader diving into world of books. I love to review and recommend books - doing it via YouTube channel Unboxing Perspectives.