Dollar Bahu Sudha Murthy by Sudha Murty & House of Cards: A Novel (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.Dollar Bahu is the story of how money can wreak havoc in the life of any family if things spin out of control. Vinuta is a young woman who marries Girish who is a bank clerk. Vinuta then begins to live in Bangalore with Girish's family and starts to get accustomed to her new family. She gets used to this new change quite well and spends her life looking after her in-laws and her husband. She even tries her level best to ignore the taunts of her mother-in-law Gouramma. Things take a turn for the worse when Chandru Girish's elder brother gets married. Chandru is based in the US with his wife the ‘Dollar Bahu' and they live quite an extravagant life because of the fact that Chandru earns well. Vinuta now faces constant comparisons between her and her new sister-in-law much to Vinuta's dismay. Now Gouramma Vinuta's mother-in-law decides to pay Chandru a visit in the US which turns things around.Gouramma now looks at the other side of life in the US where she realizes that she will never get the respect there which she gets in India. Even though middle-class life in India is difficult and bound by rules it is one that is full of love and respect. Can this enlightening trip bring about a change in Vinuta and Gouramma's relationship?The Dollar Bahu has been published by Penguin India in the year 2007 and is available in paperback.Key FeaturesThe story is one that middle-class Indian people can easily relate to.The novel portrays the delicate relationships that exist in every family in a heart-touching way. About the Author About the Author: The author of The Dollar Bahu Sudha Murty is a popular Indian author and social worker who has written a number of books. These include Mahashweta Gently Falls: The Bakula House of Cards Wise And Otherwise How I Taught My Grandmother To Read And Other Stories and The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk. She is currently the Chairperson of Infosys Foundation.House of Cards is the story of Mridula a bright young woman with enormous enthusiasm for life who hails from a Karnataka village. A chance meeting with Sanjay a talented but impoverished doctor leads to love and the couple marry and settle in Bangalore. The more Mridula sees of the world the more she realizes how selfish and materialistic people can be but she does not take the ups and downs of life to heart and lives each day with positive energy. Trouble brews when Sanjay quits his government job and starts an immensely successful private practice. With affluence comes the neverending ambition for more and the inevitable slide into corrupt practices. For a long time Mridula has no idea that Sanjay has sold his soul. When the truth hits her she has no recourse but to walk out on him but can she really find a space of her own? This intricately woven novel explores human relationships in telling detail and holds up a mirror to our society with candour and with conviction. About the Author Sudha Murty was born in 1950 in Shiggaon in north Karnataka. She did her M.Tech. in computer science and is now the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. A prolific writer in English and Kannada she has written novels technical books travelogues collections of short stories and nonfiction pieces and four books for children. Her books have been translated into all major Indian languages. She was the recipient of the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature and the Padma Shri in 2006 and the Attimabbe Award from the government of Karnataka for excellence in Kannada literature in 2011.