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How the Sea Became Salty
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By Sudha Murty |
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How the Sea Became Salty is the first chapter book in Puffin’s Chapter Book series.
The book is set a long time ago, in a time when the sea’s water was supposedly sweet and indeed drinkable. It narrates the tale of how the sea came to be salty.
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How the Onion Got Its Layers
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By Sudha Murty |
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How the Onion Got Its Layers seeks to answer several questions related to the onion, like its many layers and why it brings tears to the eyes when cut.
India’s favourite storyteller brings alive this timeless tale with her inimitable wit and simpl
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The Upside Down King: Unusual Tales about Rama and Krishna
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By Sudha Murty |
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The Upside Down King is a collection of 23 short stories based on Indian mythology. It is divided into two halves- Tales from the life and lineage of Lord Ram, and tales from the life and lineage of Lord Krishna.
After every tale there is also descr
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The Gopi Diaries
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By Sudha Murty |
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The Gopi Diaries is a series of three books for children about a dog called Gopi.
Told in Gopi’s voice, the first book, Coming Home, begins with Gopi going to his new home, and tells the story of how he settles down with his loving, human family.
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The Daughter from a Wishing Tree
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By Sudha Murty |
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The Daughter from a Wishing Tree is the fourth book in Sudha Murty’s popular mythology series. It is divided into three parts and consists of twenty-four stories.
The stories are about the important roles that women have played in our mythology. A
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The Man from the Egg: Unusual Tales about the Trinity
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By Sudha Murty |
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In The Man from the Egg, Sudha Murty weaves enchanting tales of the three most powerful gods of India – the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
This book is a collection of wonderfully short, crisp stories that take us on a magical journey to a
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The Bird with Golden Wings: Stories of Wit and Magic
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By Sudha Murty |
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Delightful colour illustrations bring to life tales of magical creatures, princesses and kings, ordinary witty men and women in this book, The Bird with Golden Wings.
This collection of 21 short stories is another one of Sudha Murty’s priceless
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The Serpent’s Revenge: Unusual Tales from the Mahabharata
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By Sudha Murty |
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In The Serpent’s Revenge, Sudha Murty reintroduces the fascinating world of India’s greatest epic, Mahabharata, through the extraordinary tales in this collection, each of which is sure to fill you with a sense of wonder and bewilderment.
Many
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Something Happened on the Way to Heaven: 20 Inspiring Real-Life Stories
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By Sudha Murty |
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Something Happened on the Way to Heaven is edited by Sudha Murty. It is a collection of 20 memorable true-life stories handpicked by Sudha Murty from a writing contest run by Penguin.
The stories capture the hope, faith, kindness and joy that life i
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The Magic of the Lost Temple
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By Sudha Murty |
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The Magic of the Lost Temple is heart-warming, charming and absolutely unputdownable. Nooni, a city girl, comes to her grandparents’ village to spend her summer vacations.
She is surprised at the pace of life in her grandparents’ village. But sh
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The Mother I Never Knew
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By Sudha Murty |
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The Mother I Never Knew comprises two novellas that explore two quests by two different men — both for mothers they never knew they had.
The book is a poignant, dramatic book that reaches deep into the human heart to reveal what we really feel abo
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Three Thousand Stitches
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By Sudha Murty |
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Three Thousand Stitches is a collection of 11 short stories that draw from Sudha Murty’s real-life experiences, as an individual and as the chairperson of Infosys Foundation.
The book narrates many stories – the rescue and rehabilitation of 3,00
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House of Cards
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By Sudha Murty |
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House of Cards portrays the clash of the simplicity of village life and the complexity of city life.
This is the story of Mridula, an energetic yet simple village girl who moves to Bangalore after her marriage to Sanjay, a doctor.
The story is abou
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Grandma’s Bag Of Stories
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By Sudha Murty |
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Sudha Murty’s Grandma’s Bag of Stories brings forth memories of a grandparent spinning tales around animals and mysterious characters.
The story starts with Anand, Krishna, Raghu and Meena arriving at their Ajji and Ajja’s house in Shiggaon. T
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The Old Man and His God: Discovering the Spirit of India
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By Sudha Murty |
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Told simply and directly from the heart, The Old Man and His God is a collection of snapshots of the varied facets of human nature and a mirror to the souls of the people of India.
There are stories about people’s generosity-and selfishness-in t
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The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk
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By Sudha Murty |
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The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk is a collection of heartwarming experiences of Sudha Murty, written as she walks the roads of rural and urban India.
She weaves the everyday life of men and women in India into short stories and each story has a uni
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Dollar Bahu
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By Sudha Murty |
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Dollar Bahu is the story of the Gauramma, her Dollar Bahu Jamuna and her other simpleton bahu Vinuta.
Between Jamuna’s Dollars and Vinuta’s selfless devotion, Gauramma always finds her favor with the dollars and ignores what is truly priceless
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Mahashweta
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By Sudha Murty |
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Mahashweta is an inspiring story of courage and resilience in a world marred by illusions and betrayals.
This is the story of Anupama whose marriage falls apart when she is diagnosed with leukoderma. Overcoming the social stigma of a married woman
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Gently Falls the Bakula
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By Sudha Murty |
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Gently falls the Bakula is the story of Shrikant and Shrimati who belong to two hostile communities and fall in love. The best thing about the book is its character depiction.
Sudha Murty’s writing hits home where many of us have seen this happe
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How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories
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By Sudha Murty |
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How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories is a collection of 25 semi-autobiographical short stories written by Murty. Each of the stories is simple and touching and is packed with values.
Funny, spirited and inspiring, the book teaches
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Wise And Otherwise
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By Sudha Murty |
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Wise And Otherwise, a non-fiction book, is a collection of fifty vignettes of the real-life incidents of Sudha Murty where she encounters ordinary people and extraordinary minds during her travels, and which left a profound impression on her.
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