Grandma's Bag of Stories

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Through Grandma’s Bag Of Stories, Sudha Murty recreates the traditional way of storytelling, where kids sit around a grandparent, while getting mesmerised by one interesting tale after another. As the book starts, the setting is that of summer, and a few children go on a holiday to their grandparents’ home in Shiggaon, Karnataka. They proceed to do what children do best - find someone to play with. They befriend the kids next door, and have loads of fun with them. From taking a fun picnic to visiting the weekly market, they enjoy every minute of their vacation. But their favorite thing to do is listen to their grandmother’s fantastic stories. Grandma’s Bag Of Stories contains the stories that the grandmother narrates to entertain the seven young children. The tales are magical, and replete with captivating characters. Moral lessons are subtly blended in with the tales to impress the differences between what is right and what is wrong.The illustrations by Priya Kurian make the book more interesting and keep the young readers engrossed. The stories feature several characters like a queen who discovers silk, a princess who is turned into an onion, a lazy man, an angry bear, cheats and kings, and mice and monkeys. The stories are based on the author’s own childhood in Shiggaon, and the stories that she heard from her grandmother.

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Sudha Murty is an Indian author, social worker, and the Chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. Apart from Grandma’s Bag Of Stories, her other books include How I Taught My Grandmother To Read & Other Stories, Old Man And His God, A Wedding In Russia, Dollar Bahu, Gently Falls The Bakula, Fasal Cut, Sweet Hospitality, and The Bird With Golden Wings. Her fictional narratives reflect her opinions on hospitality, charity, and self-realization. Sudha Murty was born on August 19, 1950, in Shiggaon, Karnataka. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from B.V.B College of Engineering and Technology, and received a gold medal for standing first in her class. She followed it up with a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). She was the first female engineer to be hired by TELCO. She is married to Narayana Murthy, a software industrialist. They have two grown children, Akshata and Rohan. She has contributed a great deal to social causes, and has won recognition and awards for her philanthropic contributions and activities in the fields of education and social work.