"Amma what is your duty?" is her daughter question that stirred Sudha Murthy into being a philanthropist. Wife of the billionaire Infosys founder (I don't think this is an apt introduction for her), Sudha Murthy is the most unidentifiable billionaire-wife. As these two articles from Pune Newsline and Pune Times highlight this woman of substance, its really such people that redefine power. Anyone but Oscar Schindler might disagree!
Clad in a simple saree, wearing glass bangles, a crescent shaped bindi and a modest jhola/bag hanging over her shoulder is how she would mostly be seen. Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukhtankar (for those who don't know they are among the few Marathi film-makers making sensible stuff) have now made a 50-minute documentary of how she, during her childhood, taught her grandmother to read. They are following this up with episodes based on Sudha Murthy's books. Yes she writes too!
Clad in a simple saree, wearing glass bangles, a crescent shaped bindi and a modest jhola/bag hanging over her shoulder is how she would mostly be seen. Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukhtankar (for those who don't know they are among the few Marathi film-makers making sensible stuff) have now made a 50-minute documentary of how she, during her childhood, taught her grandmother to read. They are following this up with episodes based on Sudha Murthy's books. Yes she writes too!
