The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk: Life Lessons from Here and There

Sudha Murty

Aug 2012 · Penguin UK

About this ebook

Extraordinary stories about ordinary people’s lives Over the years, Sudha Murty has come across some fascinating people whose lives make for interesting stories and have astonishing lessons to reveal. Take Vishnu, who achieves every material success but never knows happiness; or Venkat, who talks so much that he has no time to listen. In other stories, a young girl goes on a train journey that changes her life forever; an impoverished village woman provides bathing water to hundreds of people in a drought-stricken area; a do-gooder ghost decides to teach a disconsolate young man Sanskrit; and in the title story, a woman in a flooded village in Odisha teaches the author a life lesson she will never forget. From the bestselling author of Wise and Otherwise and The Old Man and His God, this is another heart-warming collection of real-life stories that will delight readers of all ages.

Ratings and reviews

It is a great story book. I heard lot about author, but first time came across. It touches your heart and you came across a good qualities of a writer. She has keen observations about the circumstances and it reflected her great values about life and towards kindness for human beings. Infosys is really rich by its worth in software field, their contribution in social welfare and off course having Sudha Murty. A grand salute for their work and writing a Nice book

Great book to read and learn from. Am a big fan of Sudha murthy & her thoughts and beliefs. Story 6 "Genes" is an eye opener. Goodness isn't appreciated always, but we need to be more selective". Love Sudha more after reading it. Great inspiration.

Very nice book. Written in a very simple language generating more and more curiosity to learn further with every turned page. Giving a new meaning ,a new hope to life and portraying a new world. A must read.