Then, after knowing each other for about four years, we got married. She talks about their story with so much love. We have all heard about the power couple, Mr Narayan Murthy and Mrs Sudha Murthy. Then, of course, starting Infosys and many more milestones I had in my life,” she said. I come from a very orthodox family, so when I cut my hair, it was such a big move. “If I have to write my biography, then I would say definitely as a child I was very independent, the second thing I went to an engineering college where there were no girls and then, I applied to a company where there were no ladies. However, we would surely like to know what are the things that she considers to be huge turning points in her life. We all know about the great achievements of Sudha Murthy. “Stories are the most powerful tool to convey your feelings to others, particularly children,” she states. She said that the students would tell that they have forgotten what she has taught but they remember the story. She also shared how she used to tell a story for the last 15 minutes while teaching in a college. “So, this was my habit of telling the stories which continued later in my life and that may be the reason that my books are very well received because I tell everything in the form of a story,” she added. I was 10 or 12 and I realized that the best way to control a class is to tell a story so that everybody is listening to that,” she said. “Whenever a teacher was on maternity leave or some teacher may not come due to some reason, they used to tell me to mind the class as I was the monitor. While talking about the first story she ever heard, she says, “My grandfather and grandmother used to tell me a lot of stories about Mahabharata and Ramayana, so, they may be my initial stories.” School LifeĪs we were talking about stories, she shared a beautiful anecdote from her school days. She reminisced about her childhood days where her grandfather and grandmother used to tell her stories. Also, everybody does not have enough space today because houses are small, so she feels that audio is a great medium and her book ‘Grandma’s bag of stories’ has a greater potential to reach a large audience through the medium of Audible. “Everybody cannot sit and read,” she added. So, I feel audio stories have a great future.” So, audio has great advantages like saving time because it is more efficient. One is screen-free, second is you can parallel many works, third is if you are going for a drive or a walk, if I have an audio story, then I’ll never come to know how much time I have spent. But you know, practically hearing a story has a lot of advantages. However, I prefer to read because the feel of the book is so important to me. While talking about this, she said, “hearing a story in a way has an advantage particularly in the pandemic time. With platforms like Audible where Sudha Murthy’s new book ‘Grandma’s bag of stories’ will be released in an audio form, people have an option to hear the story instead of just staring at the pages filled with words.
With time, everything is changing including the experience of stories. I always loved happy ending stories, humorous stories.” Difference Between Reading And Hearing A Story She also shared that, “When I was a little girl, I always liked happy ending stories. Anything I want to convey, I prefer to tell a story because everybody remembers the story.” Telling a story probably started as a hobby but now, it has become a profession. She said, “Story writing is my expression. In an exclusive chat with HZ, we talked to Sudha Murthy, the author where she shared her love for stories and the story about her life. A Padma Shri awardee, chairperson of Infosys Foundation, an author and an active member of public health care initiatives of the Gates Foundation, Sudha Murthy is an inspiration for all the young girls out there who desire to reach the heights.