The book, published by Penguin Random House, consists of 11 chapters. Abandoned by her uncaring in-laws and insensitive husband, she is forced to return to her father’s home in the village.
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A small white patch had now appeared on her arm.’ Anupama’s fairytale marriage to Anand falls apart when she discovers a white patch on her foot and learns that she has leukoderma. “So when I experienced the same myself at the airport I was more upset than angry,” she said. Anupama looked into the mirror and shivered with shock. This is because of the pressure created by the external force,” she says.
“In most metro cities, many college-going girls become part of high-level prostitution because they want to earn quick money to buy designer clothes. This, she added, led many people into “wrong habits”. The philanthropist goes on to express grave concern over the existence of an “external force” dictating people to appear in a certain way to be part of the “elite” club. Just like one is expected to wear the finest of silks for a wedding, social workers must present themselves in a plain and uninteresting manner,” she writes. “The clothes were a reminder of the stereotype that is still rampant today. Needless to say, the lady was shocked to see Sudha chairing the meeting. Ironically, Sudha ran into the same lady later in the day.įrom her Indo-Western silk outfit paired with an expensive pair of heels, and complemented with a Gucci handbag at the airport, the latter had slipped into a plain khadi saree to suit the theme of a meeting where Sudha was pitching Infosys Foundation to sponsor funds for the overhaul of a government school. “Soon I realized it was because of my dress!” she says. In an interview to PTI, she said she could have shown her boarding pass and cleared all doubts about her “class” in no time, but she waited to find out how, according to the lady, she was not befitting for business class standards. The concept that you automatically gain class by acquiring money is an outdated thought process,” she writes in the book. So is Manjula Bhargava, a great mathematician of Indian origin.
“Class does not mean huge possession of money. Drawing on her personal experiences, Sudha Murty, in her new book, Three Thousand Stitches, sheds light on some of the prevailing biases in the society. That was when the otherwise calm 66-year-old wife of industrialist Narayana Murthy decided to give her fellow traveller a piece of her mind. But, what eventually got Murty’s goat was when she was called a “cattle-class person”. The chairperson of Infosys Foundation was at the airport wearing a salwar kameez, which perhaps made her a misfit in the queue in question. This line is for business class travellers,” a well-heeled lady told Sudha Murty at the International Heathrow airport in London. That is the reason this book is dedicated to them," she says.“Go and stand in the economy class queue. "Today, doctors, nurses, and housekeeping workers are putting their lives on the line more than ever before, to fight against the virus and protect our country. Murthy has dedicated the book to her father R H Kulkarni, a doctor popularly known as Kaka, and the medical fraternity at the forefront of the coronavirus pandemic. The myriad stories told by their grandparents become the biggest source of joy, making the children compassionate, worldly-wise, and more resilient than ever. From the Magazine Our Starless Skies: Even Stars Are Unable To Break Layers Of Smog Welcome To Mahul, The Living Hell On Mumbai’s Eastern Outskirts Is India’s Pollution Data Hiding Behind The Poor? Children From Poor Backgrounds Are Worst Sufferers Of Pollution In Terror Land, Pigeons Give Kashmiri Youths Wings To Embrace PeaceĪmid the lockdown, Ajja and Ajji welcome their grandchildren and Kamlu Ajji into their house in Shiggaon.įrom stitching masks, sharing household chores, preparing food for workers to losing themselves in timeless tales, the lockdown turns into a memorable time for the children as they enter the enchanting world of goddesses, kings, princesses, serpents, magical beanstalks, thieves, kingdoms and palaces, among others.