Three Thousand Stitches

Author: Sudha Murthy

Blurb: Sudha Murthy, the writer of the book shares 11 different situations from her life with us through this book.

About the book:
As I said earlier, the author shares her life experiences.

Through "Three thousand stitches", she shares her experiences with Devadasis and how she wanted to eradicate devadasi system by showing them a way for upliftment and better life to them and to their children.

In "How to beat the boys", she narrates her journey of doing engineering when women were considered not fit for such course. She tells us how she tackled each situation she faced in her college and completed her course successfully.

In "Food for thought", she narrates how she got to know about different fruits and vegetables and their origin and presence in India when she went to lunch at her friends place through botanist.

In "Cattle class", she tells how she was judged at airport for her attire.

In " A life unwritten", she shares how the kind of her father changed a girls life.

In "No place like home', she shares how housemaids in Middle East are mistreated.

In "A powerful ambassador", she narrates a story about Bollywood.

In "Rasleela and the swimming pool", she shares the time when she narrated the mythological stories to her grandchildren and how they reenacted the stories.

In "A day in Infosys foundation", she narrates how she invited a friend of hers to see her schedule when she complained about the writers busy life.

In "I can't we can", she narrates about how she attended the meetings of 'Alcoholics Anonymous' and loved their spirit for reformation.

My perception: The English of this book is pretty simple and easy to understand.  The stories shared by the writer are truly beautiful and interesting to read. It is a nice collection of stories and keeps you hooked to the book.

Rating:5/5