Authors : Nikita U. Mishra and Rakesh P. Wasnik
Page Nos : 119-122
Description :
Sudha Murthy is a novelist, businesswoman and educator. She is a Kannada and English writer and a renowned philanthropist. By profession she is an Engineer and chairs the Infosys Foundation. She had participated in the Gates Foundation’s public health care initiatives, she works on rural development projects, backs the effort to equip all government schools in Karnataka with computer and library resources, and founded the Murthy Classical Library of India at Harvard University.
Her contribution to the world of literature is noteworthy. To name a few books among her many books, Gently Falls the Bakula, Mahaswetha, Dollar Bahu, and The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk, have made significant contribution to literature. The reader gets easily connected to her interesting stories, due to her graphic delineation which she derives from her vast experience of philanthropy.
Even if Sudha managed to strike the ideal balance between her spiritual self and the technological world, there are still people battling all around her. This is shown in the connection between Shrikant and Shrimati in the novel Gently Falls the Bakula. It is based in Hubli, Karnataka, and emphasises the sweeping tide of global capitalism and its huge tentacles that engulf the entire planet, filling modern man’s existence with a rising sense of powerlessness and frequently leading to unhealthy and broken relationships. The focus of the current research is on how the ostentatious outlook of her spouse causes her to revert to her previous self-interested and ambitious state. In this book, Sudha also explores the negative aspects of love marriage and the challenges experienced by the female characters’ families.
