For her, children are curious, unbiased, open-minded and adventurous and she wants to instill important knowledge in them through her books by making them light and enjoyable. As a grandparent, she herself found inspiration to write for children because it lets her think like one. Her writings for children aim to do that. She firmly believes that the lives of children were easy as they had their grandparents around who taught them valuable life lessons. Her grandfather took her to libraries and taught her to be gentle and careful with books. She reminisced how on a cold, quiet and cosy night the insects sang to each other or with a gentle wind the leaves rustled conveying their messages to the wind.Īs a child living with grandparents she was exposed to plenty of literary pilgrimages.
#KANNADA BOOKS WRITTEN BY SUDHA MURTHY FULL#
She recollected her childhood memories of full moons in the context of the little episode of her new book where Devi gives her three sisters a special task to complete between two full-moon nights, as a significant symbol of happiness. Her new book has many layers, which would even make adults pause and think about the natural world. Humans have been greedy in their pursuits and have infiltrated the natural habitat of other living beings. The times where one found dolphins in the Ganges and deer on busy roads are long gone. Her new book How The Earth Got Its Beauty was a result of her realisation during the pandemic, the extent of the abuse that human beings have inflicted on nature for money. In 2005, after publishing her first book for children How I Taught My Grandmother To Read, she realised how writing for children is a joyful activity and as an author, her “impact is much more when one writes for children”. It was about a girl from a small world exploring the wonders of America, backpacking with little money. However, she started her journey with fiction when she wrote her first travelogue in 1979. She thinks that “depending on your intelligence causes limitation to your imagination”.
The real world felt easy compared to the imaginative world of fiction. Writing non-fiction was easy for her as she met people who inspired her to write about the real world. Murty talked about her writing journey from non-fiction to children’s literature with her editor, Shrutkeerti Khurana. Her biggest strength and weakness for her remains to be her usage of simple English, which has broken barriers for children who are reading English as a second language. From learning the Kannada dictionary by heart to translating her works to English, she has always believed in saying ‘no’ to any limitations. Adding one more to her oeuvre this year, she has now released How The Earth Got Its Beauty. An engineer-turned-writer, she has written over 39 books. Prabha Khaitan Foundation in association with Muskaan and Kitaab hosted an interactive session with Sudha Murty curated specially for children.
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