Sudha Murthy Biography Sudha Murthy is an Indian social worker and author Murthy began her professional career as a computer scientist and engineer She is the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation and a member of public health care initiatives of the Gates Foundation ID: 760596
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How I taught my grandmother to read and other stories
Sudha Murthy
Slide2Biography
Sudha
Murthy is an Indian social worker and author. Murthy began her professional career as a computer scientist and engineer. She is the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation and a member of public health care initiatives of the Gates Foundation.
Born
:
August 19, 1950 (age 63),
Shiggaon
Spouse
:
N. R.
Narayana
Murthy
(m. 1978)
Siblings
:
Shrinivas
Kulkarni
Education
:
BVB College of Engineering & Technology
,
Cornell University
,
Indian Institute of Science
Children
:
Akshata
Murthy
,
Rohan
Murthy
Slide3HER WRITINGS
Mrs. Murthy has written many stories on
common lives
views on donations
hospitality and realisation.
Titles of the stories
Sweet Hospitality
Wise and Otherwise.
Collections of stories ‘How I taught my grandmother to read & other stories’
Slide4How did she develop the taste for books?
Her stories are the recreation of her childhood experiences.
The source of inspiration was her grand father.
Narrated the following stories dramatically- modulating the voice, adding some imaginative details to interest
Shivaji
Epics of India
Aesop stories
Tenali
Rama
Birbal
Slide5Story 1
How I taught my grandmother to
read
(ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP READING SKILLS–
SKIMMING AND SCANING)
Slide6The story within a story
Kashi
yatre
written by Kannada writer,
Triveni
General theme- Dealt with psychological issues of humanity
Theme of Kashi Yatre:
An old lady’s desire to go to Kashi, a religious place.
Saves money to visit before she dies
Comes across a an orphan girl longing to marry her lover- has no money
Old lady understands the plight of the young girl
Gives money to her to help the girl in distress
Realises happiness of the girl is more important than visiting
Vishveshwara.
Slide7AssignmentTask 1
You are now going to step into the shoes of TRIVENI
Have you ever come across in your real life, an old man or a woman resolute and determined to accomplish?
Share your story with your friend. Identify five words that express the emotions of the old man/woman
Slide8Collect some photos/pictures of old people.
If you are talented reflect your feelings through pencil sketches/photograph.
Paste
the
drawings/ printouts of photo in the English note book
Slide9Task 2Express the Agony of a grandmother who could not read and write.
Slide10Story 2
SALAM ABDUL KALAM
Slide11ASSIGNMENTSTask -I
1.Read the
lesson ‘Salam Abdul Kalam’ and identify
nouns, verbs,
adjectives, adverbs
and
prepositions as much as you could.
2. Identify five sentences
a. in reported speeches.
b. bearing connectives/linking words
c. with verbs in present/past /continuous tenses
d. complex sentences
3.
Identify words with
suffixes – able, tion,
ate and
ly
[ two each]