Common Yet Uncommon | Sudha Murthy in conversation with Meru Gokhale

Common Yet Uncommon: Sudha Murthy in conversation with Meru Gokhale | Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Series Jaipur Literature Festival 2024
The wise and witty Sudha Murty's writing covers a variety of themes and genres. Her recent book, Common Yet Uncommon, is a heart warming picture of everyday life and the quirks and foibles of ordinary people. In conversation with editorial and publishing consultant Meru Gokhale, she speaks of her stellar and extraordinarily successful life and what keeps her rooted with her feet firmly on the ground.
Sudha Murty was born in 1950 in Shiggaon in north Karnataka. She did her MTech 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 non-fictional pieces, and four books for children. Her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages. Murty 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.
Meru Gokhale is a seasoned publishing professional with two decades of experience in the literary world. Former Publisher of The Penguin Press Group in India, Gokhale has worked with writers such as Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, Ramachandra Guha, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, among many others. She is currently building Editrix, an AI-powered editor.
Follow us on -
Website - jaipurliteraturefestival.org/
Facebook - / jaipurlitfest
KZbin - / jprlitfest
Instagram - / jaipurlitfest
Twitter - / jaipurlitfest
Buy Books From Amazon - amzn.to/3749tCC
#GalaxyTabsxJaipurLitFest #sudhamurthy #JaipurLiteratureFestival2024 #JaipurLitFest #LiteratureFestival

[@vijayalakshmis8495]

Very nice book I have read it.

[@oakhandle]

Great video, didn't know about these books. Along with quotes, please consider sharing your favorite words/phrases/idioms from the books in the true English Nut style 😊

[@shankarrajgopal5165]

Mrs Murthy, we have enough to read and we don't need your books and please don't impose your books with your money power (husband's).???