Lazy Portado

Lazy Portado

Author: Sudha Murthy

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2013-05-15

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 9351180697

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Portado, a bright young boy, never put in any effort in his classes for some reason. He believed that networking is more important than getting an education and working hard. He also spends his college years believing that having connections is the key to success, only to realize soon enough that this isn’t true. What happens when you spend all your time living a certain way because you think it will take you where you want and then find out that it doesn’t? Read more as Sudha Murty highlights Portado’s struggles.


The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk

The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk

Author: Sudha Murty

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2012-08-01

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 8184757247

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Extraordinary stories about ordinary people’s lives Over the years, Sudha Murty has come across some fascinating people whose lives make for interesting stories and have astonishing lessons to reveal. Take Vishnu, who achieves every material success but never knows happiness; or Venkat, who talks so much that he has no time to listen. In other stories, a young girl goes on a train journey that changes her life forever; an impoverished village woman provides bathing water to hundreds of people in a drought-stricken area; a do-gooder ghost decides to teach a disconsolate young man Sanskrit; and in the title story, a woman in a flooded village in Odisha teaches the author a life lesson she will never forget. From the bestselling author of Wise and Otherwise and The Old Man and His God, this is another heart-warming collection of real-life stories that will delight readers of all ages.


Miserable Success

Miserable Success

Author: Sudha Murthy

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2013-05-15

Total Pages: 15

ISBN-13: 9351180670

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Ever since Vishnu was in school, all he ever wanted was to make a lot of money and become successful. A few years later, he lands a job at a software company and gains what he desires—success! However, he learns pretty soon that only success doesn’t make a man’s heart full. What he needs now is to figure out how to find the other pieces in the jigsaw puzzle of happiness. Read on to travel with Vishnu on this journey of discovery.


The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk

The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk

Author: Sudha Murthy

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2013-05-15

Total Pages: 13

ISBN-13: 9351180557

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Indians believe that you must serve your guests well, for they come to your house in the form of god. This is the exact mentality Sudha Murty’s hosts have when she goes to volunteer in a small village in Odisha. Because of the heavy rain, Murty decides to take shelter in one of the villagers’ hut—already low on supplies, what are the hosts ready to give up in order to serve their guest? Murty delves into the great extent hosts are willing to go to in order to please their guests. Read more to see what Sudha learns about the Indian values.


Basic Music Theory

Basic Music Theory

Author: Jonathan Harnum

Publisher: Questions Ink. Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780970751287

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Basic Music Theory takes you through the sometimes confusing world of written music with a clear, concise style that is at times funny and always friendly. The book is written by an experienced teacher using methods refined over more than ten years in his private teaching studio and in schools. --from publisher description.


Wide Sargasso Sea

Wide Sargasso Sea

Author: Jean Rhys

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780393308808

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"A considerable tour de force by any standard." ?New York Times Book Review"


Here, There and Everywhere

Here, There and Everywhere

Author: Sudha Murty

Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited

Published: 2018-05-15

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 9353050332

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Wearer of many hats-philanthropist, entrepreneur, computer scientist, engineer, teacher-Sudha Murty has above all always been a storyteller extraordinaire. Winner of the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature, the Padma Shri, the Attimabbe Award from the government of Karnataka for excellence in Kannada literature, and the Raymond Crossword Lifetime Achievement Award, her repertoire includes adult non-fiction, adult fiction, children's books, travelogues and technical books. Here, There and Everywhere is a celebration of her literary journey and is her 200th title across genres and languages. Bringing together her best-loved stories from various collections alongside some new ones and a thoughtful introduction, here is a book that is, in every sense, as multifaceted as its author.


Wise and Otherwise

Wise and Otherwise

Author: Sudhā Mūrti

Publisher: Penguin Books India

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780143062226

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Fifty Vignettes Showcase The Myriad Shades Of Human Nature A Man Dumps His Aged Father In An Old-Age Home After Declaring Him To Be A Homeless Stranger, A Tribal Chief In The Sahyadri Hills Teaches The Author That There Is Humility In Receiving Too, And A Sick Woman Remembers To Thank Her Benefactor Even From Her Deathbed. These Are Just Some Of The Poignant And Eye-Opening Stories About People From All Over The Country That Sudha Murty Recounts In This Book. From Incredible Examples Of Generosity To The Meanest Acts One Can Expect From Men And Women, She Records Everything With Wry Humour And A Directness That Touches The Heart. First Published In 2002, Wise And Otherwise Has Sold Over 30,000 Copies In English And Has Been Translated Into All The Major Indian Languages. This Revised New Edition Is Sure To Charm Many More Readers And Encourage Them To Explore Their Inner Selves And The World Around Us With New Eyes. &Nbsp;


Karma

Karma

Author: Sudha Murty

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2015-02-06

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 8184756038

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Who can resist a good story, especially when it’s being told by Grandma? From her bag emerges tales of kings and cheats, monkeys and mice, bears and gods. Here comes the bear who ate some really bad dessert and got very angry; a lazy man who would not put out a fire till it reached his beard; a princess who got turned into an onion; a queen who discovered silk, and many more weird and wonderful people and animals. Grandma tells the stories over long summer days and nights, as seven children enjoy life in her little town. The stories entertain, educate and provide hours of enjoyment to them. So come, why don’t you too join in the fun.


Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences

Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences

Author: Donatella Della Porta

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-08-28

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 1139474596

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A revolutionary textbook introducing masters and doctoral students to the major research approaches and methodologies in the social sciences. Written by an outstanding set of scholars, and derived from successful course teaching, this volume will empower students to choose their own approach to research, to justify this approach, and to situate it within the discipline. It addresses questions of ontology, epistemology and philosophy of social science, and proceeds to issues of methodology and research design essential for producing a good research proposal. It also introduces researchers to the main issues of debate and contention in the methodology of social sciences, identifying commonalities, historic continuities and genuine differences.