Banaras : City Of Light & Wise and Otherwise: A salute to Life by Sudha Murty (SET OF 2 BOOKS)

This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.Understanding human and human nature is one of the toughest jobs .Many time what seems right and good or vice versa can be completely different if explored to proper depth. In many instance we all come across people and forms an opinion about the people we meet without actually knowing anything about them. But hearing and learning about such instances helps us to redefine our thought process and become wiser. Sudha Murtys book Wise and otherwise will take you to a journey across the length and breadth of India through narrations of 51 stories inspired by the extensive travels of the author herself. Wise and otherwise has generated interest not just as an inspirational book of peoples struggles and how they overcome it but also for its settings. It present a realistic picture of India with its values traditions and imperfections and lay before the readers certain set of moral values whose validity they have to judge for themselves. It unravels human nature and shows all that is good and bad in it and how it is often shaped by intention and circumstances. From the story of a son who leaves his father in an old age home pretending he is a stranger to the story of earthquake aid being exploited and not reaching to victims each story is a moving one and will generate myriads of emotions within the readers ranging from anger to kindness to pity to the realisation of reality of the world. The book grabs the attention of the reader through its skilful narration of characters setting and situations. The book is available online for convenient shopping. You can bag this book from Amazon.in today by following a few easy steps. About the author Sudha Murty is a social activist and worker and also a prolific writer in Kannada and English. She is well known for her social work as the chairperson of Infosys Foundation. Through her writings she tries to highlight the social issues prevalent in the society. 'Dollar Sose authored by her in Kannada is her most renowned work and beside that. she has authored several other books like How I taught my grandmother to read The Accolades Galore House of Cards etc in English and Yashashvi Tumula Paridihi Computer Lokadalli in Kannada language. Sudha Murty has been decorated with several awards from prestigious institutions. She is the better half of N.R. Narayana Murthy. About the Author Sudha Murthy is an Indian writer who was born in 1950 in the town of Shiggaon Karnataka. She is also the Infosys Foundation's chairperson. She writes in Kannada and English and has authored collections of short stories travelogues technical books non-fiction stories novels and children's books. Her books have been sold to over four lakh individuals and they have been translated into a number of prominent languages in India. She is the recipient of various prestigious awards like the Padma Shri the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature and the Attimabbe Award from the Government of Karnataka for excellence in Kannada literature. Her other works include The Bird with Golden Wings : Stories of Wit and Magic Grandma's Bag of Stories Gently Falls the Bakula The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk: Life Stories from Here and There and Dollar Bahu.A luminous work as befits this City of Light. I know of few books that capture the soul of a sacred city to the degree that this one does'-Huston Smith Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion Syracuse University One of the oldest living cities in the world Banaras is also where Shiva the Lord of All is believed to have made his home since the dawn of creation. There are few places in India as traditionally Hindu and as symbolic of the whole of Hindu culture as this city where God is imagined and imaged in a thousand ways. Through her account of the history geography and art of the city its elaborate and thriving rituals its myths and literature Diana Eck brings out the significance Banaras holds for the millions of pilgrims and seekers who have been coming here for over 2500 years. About the Author Diana L. Eck is professor of comparative religion and Indian studies at Harvard University and is master of Lowell House and director of the Pluralism Project. Her book Banaras City of Light remains a classic in the field and Encountering God A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras won the prestigious Grawemeyer Book Award. In 1998 President Clinton awarded her the National Humanities Medal for the work of the Pluralism Project in the investigation of America's religious diversity. Her latest book India A Sacred Geography was published in 2013.