Wise and Otherwise: A Salute to Life

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Penguin Books India, 2006 - India - 220 pages

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.
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Contents

IN SAHYADRI HILLS A LESSON
11
AN OLD MANS AGELESS WISDOM
27
WHEN TELEGRAMS WERE BAD
44
A LESSON IN LIFE FROM A BEGGAR
58
STOVE BURSTS OR DOWRY DEATHS?
73
ONCE UPON A TIME LIFE
87
SALAAM NAMASTE
101
A WEDDING TO REMEMBER
106
THE TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN
144
A LIFE WITH DIGNITY
147
ON COLUMN WRITING
149
THE NOBEL PRIZE
152
UNWED MOTHERS
155
ALLIANCES INVITED
158
WILLING CANDIDATE
162
SORRY THE LINE IS BUSY
164

INSENSITIVITY INDEX
109
TO SIR WITH LOVE
113
PAY OR ILL COMMIT SUICIDE
116
NOT ALLS WRONG WITH THE NEXT GENERATION
118
THINK POSITIVE BE HAPPY
121
LIGHT AS MANY CANDLES AS POSSIBLE
124
WOMAN WITH A MIND
127
THE IT DIVIDE
130
WHERE THERES A WILL
134
CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE
137
THE PRICE OF JEALOUSY
141
BE FAIR TO OTHERS
167
BONDED BY BISLERI
170
BAHUT KUCH HOTA HAI
176
OH TEACHER I SALUTE THEE
181
TREAT ME AS HUMAN
187
AN UNKNOWN BENEFACTOR FROM CHENNAI
194
LIFE IS AN EXAMINATION
199
MY MONEY YOUR MONEY
204
IS LIFE FAIR?
210
THREE BRIGHT YOUNG MEN
214
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