Wise and otherwise : A Salute to life /
Murty Sudha
Wise and otherwise : A Salute to life / Sudha Murty. - 2006. - UK. Penguin Random house; 2006. - 220 p . ; softbound 13x20cm
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iX FOREWORD X
1. HONESTY COMES FROM THE HEART 1 2. ON HUMAN FOIBLES 6 3. IN SAHYADRI HILLS, A LESSON IN HUMILITY 11 4. DEATH WITHOUT GRIEF 17 5. WHEN THE MOP COUNT DID NOT TALLY 23 6. AN OLD MAN'S AGELESS WISDOM 27 7. IN INDIA, THE WORST OF BO'T'H WORLDS 31 8. LIVING THROUGH CHANGE 37 9. WHEN TELEGRAMS WERE BAD 44 10. A MAN TOO CLEVER BY HALF 48 11. A BOND BETRAYED ON RAKHI DAY 54 12. A LESSON IN LIFE FROM A BEGGAR 58 13. FORGETTING OUR OWN HISTORY 62 14. CAUSE, THEN CURE 67 15. STOVE BURSTS OR DOWRY DEATHS? 73 16. IDEALISTS AT TWENTY, REALISTS AT FORTY 78 17. WHAT IS A RED-LETTER DAY? A HOLIDAY 82 18. ONCE UPON A TIME, LIFE WAS SIMPLE 87 19. POWERFUL POLITICIANS AND UNSUNG DONORS 92 20. WRETCHED OF THE EARTH 96 21. SALAAM NAMASTE 101
978-0-143-06222-6
828.99540803 / MUR
Wise and otherwise : A Salute to life / Sudha Murty. - 2006. - UK. Penguin Random house; 2006. - 220 p . ; softbound 13x20cm
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iX FOREWORD X
1. HONESTY COMES FROM THE HEART 1 2. ON HUMAN FOIBLES 6 3. IN SAHYADRI HILLS, A LESSON IN HUMILITY 11 4. DEATH WITHOUT GRIEF 17 5. WHEN THE MOP COUNT DID NOT TALLY 23 6. AN OLD MAN'S AGELESS WISDOM 27 7. IN INDIA, THE WORST OF BO'T'H WORLDS 31 8. LIVING THROUGH CHANGE 37 9. WHEN TELEGRAMS WERE BAD 44 10. A MAN TOO CLEVER BY HALF 48 11. A BOND BETRAYED ON RAKHI DAY 54 12. A LESSON IN LIFE FROM A BEGGAR 58 13. FORGETTING OUR OWN HISTORY 62 14. CAUSE, THEN CURE 67 15. STOVE BURSTS OR DOWRY DEATHS? 73 16. IDEALISTS AT TWENTY, REALISTS AT FORTY 78 17. WHAT IS A RED-LETTER DAY? A HOLIDAY 82 18. ONCE UPON A TIME, LIFE WAS SIMPLE 87 19. POWERFUL POLITICIANS AND UNSUNG DONORS 92 20. WRETCHED OF THE EARTH 96 21. SALAAM NAMASTE 101
978-0-143-06222-6
828.99540803 / MUR