"Sir, I am leaving TELCO.Where are you going?Pune, Sir. My husband is starting a company called Infosys. So I have to shift to Pune.Oh! What will you do when you are successful?Sir, I do not know whether we will be successful or not.Never start with diffidence. Always start with confidence. When you are successful, you must give back to society. Society gives us so much, we must return it. I wish you all the best. Then JRD continued walking up the stairs.' Why would a 62-year-old choose her 12-year-old grand daughter as her teacher and offer her guru-dakshina'? What would a knowledge-hungry child do if she had wings? Why did Grandmother always cook the inferior red rice at night, when there was plenty of fine white rice in the granary? What do you do when your daughter questions your value-system? How I Taught my Grandmother to Read' answers these questions and raises many more in the reader's mind. The book is a collection of twenty five heart-warming stories from the life of the author, Sudha Murty. They describe little incidents that influenced her life in a big way. Her early years in a small Karnataka village, in her grandparents' home, provide the best stories', for both author and reader. Some describe how her role as teacher made a difference in the lives of many students. Through her eyes we can get glimpses of the simplicity and vision of great men like Abdul Kalam and J.R.D.Tata. The narration is simple, homely and humorous. The stories themselves are both enjoyable and inspiring. The humble beginnings of Infosys, and the story of its founder, N.R.Narayana Murthy fill the reader with hope. If you thought non-fiction' meant dullness and boredom, try this book! Best read for children above 12 years. Sudha Murty, an M.Tech in Computer Science, is a teacher. As Chairperson of the Infosys Foundation, she directs a lot of philanthropic work all over India. She is a well-known writer in Kannada. Her English work, Wise and Otherwise', has been translated into thirteen Indian languages. How I Taught my Grandmother to Read..' is her first book for children. "

Padma Shri Sudha Kulkarni Murthy is a social worker and accomplished author. She is known for her philanthropic work through the Infosys Foundation. Among other things, she has initiated a move to provide all government schools in Karnataka with computer and library facilities. She also teaches computer science and writes fiction. Dollar Sose (Dollar daughter-in-law), a book originally she wrote in Kannada and later translated to English as Dollar Bahu was adopted as a television serial in 2001.