How I Taught My Grandmother to Read

Sudha Murty


About Sudha Murty

About the author

Sudha Murthy is an Indian teacher teaching Engineering and author of many books in English and Kannada. 

She began her professional career in Computer Science and Engineering. She is the the Chairperson of Infosys Foundation and a member of Public Health Care Initiatives of theGates Foundation. 

People take inspiration from her philanthropy and her simplicity. 

She played a much bigger and bolder role in her life.

Summary
This is the story of a village based in North Karnataka where the author used to live with her grand parents Sudha Murthy who was twelve then taught her illiterate grandmother to read This story was published in the book How I taught my Grandmother to Read and Other Stories in the year 2004 by Penguin Books India Summary Sudha Murthy the narrator of the story was about twelve years old and used to live with her grand parents in a village in North Karnataka The transport system in the village was quite bad so the villagers used to get the morning newspaper in the afternoon and weekly magazine ...

Available Answers

  1. 1.

    What made Triveni a popular writer?

  2. 2.

    Why did the grandmother depend on her granddaughter to know the story?

  3. 3.

    Pick out two sentences showing that the grandmother was desperate to know what happened next in the story.

  4. 4.

    Could the grandmother succeed in accomplishing her desire to read? How?

  5. 5.

    Which of the following traits are relevant to the character of the narrator's
    grandmother?
    (i) determined
    (ii) selfish
    (iii) emotional
    (iv)mean

    Give reasons for your choice.

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