Wise and Otherwise: A salute to Life – Sudha Murthy (Paperback)

Publisher : Penguin India; Revised edition (18 July 2006); Penguin India
Language : English
Paperback : 232 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780143062226
ISBN-13 : 978-0143062226
Item Weight : 100 g
Dimensions : 14.6 x 1.8 x 19.9 cm

herself. Wise and otherwise has generated interest not just as an inspirational book of people?s 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.