Wise and Otherwise...
I was just whiling my time away at home reading the book “Wise and Otherwise” by Sudha Murthy. I got to spend my quality time on reading some great literature after long. Thanks to my fever. There are incidents from the author’s life put forth in beautiful language. Questioning your senses, answering long lasting questions that one carries forward in life and most of the times intriguing. Yes, and why did I call a simple book like this a part of great literature? It might be because, I have limited knowledge of literature. It might be because I don’t have a good taste. But I always have believed that any book that stimulates me and keeps me engrossed and at the same time leaves me thinking is a part of great literature.
Let me put forth my few cents on whatever I know about the author. The lady is one with a strong educational base and the first woman employee with the Tata’s on their shop floor. She co-founded Infosys with our chief mentor Mr. Murthy and is one of the richest women in the country now. She is involved with the Infosys foundation from the start go. Infosys foundation is very active in social work and believes in working out against the problems in the society from the grass root level. She is closely involved with driving away the problem of illiteracy prevailing in rural India. The other day at my yahoo 360 hangout, I was supporting the guys to have made life beautiful and simple. I cautiously sidestepped without going into the achievements by the ladies. But today here again I bow before all you ladies … madams you make the life we make simple most livable…yeah you heard me right.. you make life livable…Thanks and hats off to you all…mothers, sisters, friends, grannies, aunts and last but not the least wives…hey wait did I forget something? Yes, the Girl friends…(wink) even you make life livable( rather miserable…The Airtel, Hutch, Idea and all other private telecom operators are laughing away their way to the banks ( double wink))…
Why go on an expedition about Sudha Murthy now?? It is because in one of her anecdotes, she mentions about the need to establish libraries in the villages and she has also made that come true in some villages in Karnataka. I have very sweet memories on libraries from childhood. We had the district children’s library in our school compound..or rather our school was in its premises. Books opened avenues for my growth and got me do things that I would never have thought otherwise…they made me wise…ho ho…guys control…I already see a few of you rolling on the ground…But true…I am wise…Self proclaimed genius rather..
Sandeep, the other day, suggested our school gang to come up with a plan…preliminary sketches for paying back to the society…make us involved in making this place better…I have not been able to give any inputs till date…but buddy, why don’t we take up something on the lines of what Mrs. Murthy had taken up…Why not ctrl+c and ctrl+v that idea…what are we software engineers good at other than doing CC and CV….I still feel that it is not your money but your time that is the most precious thing that you have to offer. I had heard about a group of young guys and gals that are spending their weekends in serving the society… they are spending their weekends at slums…teaching children and making them become better…hats off to you people..You make me still believe in something called humanity…Don’t be surprised if I come to join hands one of these days. Recently, I got to know about one of my seniors from school, prashant who is closely associated with an orphanage in Chennai..They spent their day on the childrens day with children at an orphanage…I am proud of you boss…I will now brag about how I was your mate in all your endeavors at school…now that my friends are carving a niche for themselves.
Hey you might have wondered, what am I doing here??…nothing but bragging about achievements of people who I know or people I am not even remotely connected. But my whole point in doing this is to make at least a few people think about this..If I find atleast one positive response for this, I will be rather happy…K you listening…come let us do something…Please give me a chance to brag about you…not that I do anything less now…I always brag about you being the best with computers, that I have come across…(wink)
Signing off…
Bragging king….
Let me put forth my few cents on whatever I know about the author. The lady is one with a strong educational base and the first woman employee with the Tata’s on their shop floor. She co-founded Infosys with our chief mentor Mr. Murthy and is one of the richest women in the country now. She is involved with the Infosys foundation from the start go. Infosys foundation is very active in social work and believes in working out against the problems in the society from the grass root level. She is closely involved with driving away the problem of illiteracy prevailing in rural India. The other day at my yahoo 360 hangout, I was supporting the guys to have made life beautiful and simple. I cautiously sidestepped without going into the achievements by the ladies. But today here again I bow before all you ladies … madams you make the life we make simple most livable…yeah you heard me right.. you make life livable…Thanks and hats off to you all…mothers, sisters, friends, grannies, aunts and last but not the least wives…hey wait did I forget something? Yes, the Girl friends…(wink) even you make life livable( rather miserable…The Airtel, Hutch, Idea and all other private telecom operators are laughing away their way to the banks ( double wink))…
Why go on an expedition about Sudha Murthy now?? It is because in one of her anecdotes, she mentions about the need to establish libraries in the villages and she has also made that come true in some villages in Karnataka. I have very sweet memories on libraries from childhood. We had the district children’s library in our school compound..or rather our school was in its premises. Books opened avenues for my growth and got me do things that I would never have thought otherwise…they made me wise…ho ho…guys control…I already see a few of you rolling on the ground…But true…I am wise…Self proclaimed genius rather..
Sandeep, the other day, suggested our school gang to come up with a plan…preliminary sketches for paying back to the society…make us involved in making this place better…I have not been able to give any inputs till date…but buddy, why don’t we take up something on the lines of what Mrs. Murthy had taken up…Why not ctrl+c and ctrl+v that idea…what are we software engineers good at other than doing CC and CV….I still feel that it is not your money but your time that is the most precious thing that you have to offer. I had heard about a group of young guys and gals that are spending their weekends in serving the society… they are spending their weekends at slums…teaching children and making them become better…hats off to you people..You make me still believe in something called humanity…Don’t be surprised if I come to join hands one of these days. Recently, I got to know about one of my seniors from school, prashant who is closely associated with an orphanage in Chennai..They spent their day on the childrens day with children at an orphanage…I am proud of you boss…I will now brag about how I was your mate in all your endeavors at school…now that my friends are carving a niche for themselves.
Hey you might have wondered, what am I doing here??…nothing but bragging about achievements of people who I know or people I am not even remotely connected. But my whole point in doing this is to make at least a few people think about this..If I find atleast one positive response for this, I will be rather happy…K you listening…come let us do something…Please give me a chance to brag about you…not that I do anything less now…I always brag about you being the best with computers, that I have come across…(wink)
Signing off…
Bragging king….
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