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Hindu Mother, Muslim Son

Hindu Mother, Muslim Son

(Penguin Petit)

Sudha Murty
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When a farmer invites another to come live with him and help with his farm, he thought it would be easy. But their wives cannot get along. Kashibai is hard working with a temper, and Fatimabai is lazy with a gentle nature. Through years of irreconcilable strife, a sudden tragedy pulls the life of these women inextricably together. Can a woman really surpass her own unhappiness for the sake of her enemy’s child? Sudha Murty gently tells this eternal tale of struggle and redemption through the power of a mother’s love.

Imprint: Penguin

Published: Jan/2017

Length : 10 Pages

MRP : ₹15.00

Hindu Mother, Muslim Son

(Penguin Petit)

Sudha Murty

When a farmer invites another to come live with him and help with his farm, he thought it would be easy. But their wives cannot get along. Kashibai is hard working with a temper, and Fatimabai is lazy with a gentle nature. Through years of irreconcilable strife, a sudden tragedy pulls the life of these women inextricably together. Can a woman really surpass her own unhappiness for the sake of her enemy’s child? Sudha Murty gently tells this eternal tale of struggle and redemption through the power of a mother’s love.

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Sudha Murty

Sudha Murty was born in 1950 in Shiggaon in north Karnataka. She did her MTech in computer science, and is now the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. A prolific writer in English and Kannada, she has written novels, technical books, travelogues, collections of short stories and non-fictional pieces, and four books for children. Her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages. Sudha Murty was the recipient of the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature and the Padma Shri in 2006, and the Attimabbe Award from the government of Karnataka for excellence in Kannada literature in 2011.

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