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3.84 AVERAGE
What a book !❤️ I absolutely loved reading it! This is my favourite book so far! I'm looking forward to read more of her words!
loved this book like I loved other Sudha Murthy books.
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Sudha Murty brings out the nostalgia of childhood and growing up in India. She also outlines the different experiences and the different struggles people go through. While the excerpts were adequate in themselves, I struggle to understand what she's trying to say through this book. I couldn't find a single underlying theme to the book.
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
The writing is coarse and rough around the edges. It sounded like a brick wall to my ears so let’s be honest the writing is poor, but the stories are fabulous and fantastic: all non- fiction and feminist, a little bit too much god in all of them. They are written as stories, it makes you question wether they are fiction, which of course they aren’t. But it gives a nice warm touch to learning new facts. Sudha Murty is an exceptionally interesting smart and special person, but I’m afraid writing is not one of her talents.
I recommend this book.
I recommend this book.
Interesting book by Sudha Murthy collating her multiple life experience into short stories. I started with curiosity why this book was named as "three thousand stitches" she didn't made me wait longer and explained it in the very first chapter. She has contributed herself in transforming ~3000 Devadasi women to lead an independent life which is incredibly amazing.
Some interesting lines to quote,
O God, I don't need a kingdom nor do I desire to be an emperor.
I don't want rebirth or the golden vessels or heaven.
I don't need anything from you.
O Lord, if you want to give me something, then give me a soft heart and hard hands, so that I can wipe the tears of others.
I would be my best friend and my worst enemy.
and another interesting one on confidence,
Confidence doesn't mean that everything will go our way. It simply gives us the ability to accept failures that we will inevitably meet on our path and move forward with hope.
Some interesting lines to quote,
O God, I don't need a kingdom nor do I desire to be an emperor.
I don't want rebirth or the golden vessels or heaven.
I don't need anything from you.
O Lord, if you want to give me something, then give me a soft heart and hard hands, so that I can wipe the tears of others.
I would be my best friend and my worst enemy.
and another interesting one on confidence,
Confidence doesn't mean that everything will go our way. It simply gives us the ability to accept failures that we will inevitably meet on our path and move forward with hope.
As the title suggests, ordinary people extraordinary stories.
That is true.
Sudha Murthy has always been an inspiration. Her interviews are the best to watch. Similarly the way she has handpicked these stories to be narrated is wonderful. Her humour is sublte but persistent.
A light read i would recommend that everyone gets their hands on.
That is true.
Sudha Murthy has always been an inspiration. Her interviews are the best to watch. Similarly the way she has handpicked these stories to be narrated is wonderful. Her humour is sublte but persistent.
A light read i would recommend that everyone gets their hands on.
Are you going through a reading slump/ Looking for some light weekend read?
Then this may be the book you should pick up!
Sudha Murthy has brewed eleven short stories circumscribing her personal and professional life. I love the simplicity with which she has presented each one of them. You'll feel like, you have once again gone back to your childhood days. One fine afternoon, sitting on the terrace and listening to stories from your Grandmom. The plot "I can't, We can" struck me the most.
However, what I don't like about this book is the author has given the title of the book "Ordinary People, Extraordinary lives", but I feel throughout most of the book she has talked about herself and what's her value in her organisation. Even some of the storylines, I felt were rather bland. I didn't find any perspectives of reading them!
All in all, the book is for people of any age. If you want to have a glimpse into the life of Sudha Murthy and desire to get a flavour of her personality and thought process, this is the one!
Then this may be the book you should pick up!
Sudha Murthy has brewed eleven short stories circumscribing her personal and professional life. I love the simplicity with which she has presented each one of them. You'll feel like, you have once again gone back to your childhood days. One fine afternoon, sitting on the terrace and listening to stories from your Grandmom. The plot "I can't, We can" struck me the most.
However, what I don't like about this book is the author has given the title of the book "Ordinary People, Extraordinary lives", but I feel throughout most of the book she has talked about herself and what's her value in her organisation. Even some of the storylines, I felt were rather bland. I didn't find any perspectives of reading them!
All in all, the book is for people of any age. If you want to have a glimpse into the life of Sudha Murthy and desire to get a flavour of her personality and thought process, this is the one!