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On her first trip to the USA, Sudha Murty, a proud Indian, is surprised at having to deal with ignorant questions like, ‘You play with snakes, and cows are allowed to wander on the highways. Is that true?’ Even immigration officers degradingly interrogate her because she looks and dresses ‘different’.
A couple of years later, she is once again travelling to the US. Will she have to face the same demeaning stereotypes again? Read on to find out.
Imprint: Penguin
Published: May/2013
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Imprint: Penguin
Published: May/2013
ISBN: 9789351180562
Length : Pages
On her first trip to the USA, Sudha Murty, a proud Indian, is surprised at having to deal with ignorant questions like, ‘You play with snakes, and cows are allowed to wander on the highways. Is that true?’ Even immigration officers degradingly interrogate her because she looks and dresses ‘different’.
A couple of years later, she is once again travelling to the US. Will she have to face the same demeaning stereotypes again? Read on to find out.
Sudha Murty was born in 1950, in Shiggaon, North Karnataka. Author, philanthropist, educator, public speaker and engineer, she completed her master’s in computer science from IISc, Bangalore. She is the founder of the Infosys Foundation and the chairperson of the Murty Trust. A bestselling author, with more than three hundred titles to her acclaim, some of her most famous books include Three Thousand Stitches, Dollar Bahu and Wise and Otherwise. She writes in English and Kannada, and her books have been translated into all major Indian languages and have sold over 60 lakh copies around the country.
Over the years, Sudha Murty has been recognized with many prestigious awards, including the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri from the Government of India in 2023 and 2006, respectively; Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2023; the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature in 2006; the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award in 2020; and Lokmanya Tilak and Mahatma awards in 2024. She was also awarded the Rajyotsava and Attimabbe Award for excellence in Kannada literature from the Government of Karnataka in 2000 and 2012. Sudha Murty has received nineteen honorary doctorates from various universities across India. Currently, she is also serving as the President-nominated member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha.
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