Three Thousand Stitches: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives

Extraordinarily good, Sudha ma'am writing is gripping and very entertaining to the core.

Such an inspiring book. It truly fits the definition of “ where there is a will there is a way”, it is one of the best books That I have read which addresses the common problems in our society with a serious tone. Thank you Sudha Murthy for this wonderful book , forever grateful.

Read the book ‘Three Thousand Stitches’ by Sudha Murthy. It is a beautiful collection of many interesting incidents (actually, 11 anecdotes) in Sudha Murthy’s life as a young girl, as a college student, and as Chairperson of Infosys foundation. The book starts with the story “Three Thousand Stitches” which talks about how Sudha helped a group of women to leave their wretched profession and turn into ladies with respectable jobs and income. However, the path of helping 3000 women was not a bed of roses. Sudha got hit with chappals and tomatoes when she tries to approach the women first. Later, with a little mentoring and help from her dad, she broke ice with the ladies. During the rehabilitation phase, Sudha receives death threats and acid is thrown over some women who leave their old jobs. At the end of 15 growing years and three years of starting and running their own banks with 80 lakhs deposit, the ladies want to celebrate. They request Sudha Murthy to be the chief guest of the function. It is there they hand over Sudha an embroidered bedspread with stitch designs by all the 3000 women. That is how the first story and the book get their name. The takeaway from this story is perseverance against all odds exhibited by both Sudha and the women. The book cover has a pictorial representation of a bedspread. Recently, i read that it is the photo of the actual shawl. Sudha later moves on to other incidents in her life. She explains her travels around the world with joy. She gets free food and discounts at many places abroad when she tells that she is from the land of Bollywood heroes and heroines. She feels Bollywood people have been our brand ambassadors across the world. She also lets us in on her secret of watching 365 movies in one specific year (that is one movie per day) as a young girl. It is funny to note how young kids were allowed only censored versions of the movie and how she becomes bold enough to voice her own interests about movies. She explains how she gets to know about Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and how they help and mentor people. The story of each alcoholic is different, but a common thread is how they move from being casual social drinkers to hopeless addicts. But, they do revive and live a life with dignity. There is a story about how her doctor father helps an unwed mother to pursue a career as a nurse. Later, the nurse educates her daughter to be a doctor. Due to a chance meeting after several years, Sudha’s father R.H Kulkarni finds that the daughter of the nurse has built a hospital named R.H diagnostics. There is also a story about Indian vegetables and their actual country of origin. She explains how tomato which is considered very Indian did not have its roots in India but in Mexico. She also narrates about a typical day as a Chairperson of Infosys foundation. It shows how she manages both genuine and limp requests for grants and help. For some requests of help, she believes that an initial disappointment is better than a disagreement at the end. Yet another story describes her challenges and accomplishments as the only female engineering student in her college. It is yet another story of how she overcame social taboos against women and set out on a career path she dreamt of. Of course, there is the famous ‘cattle class’ story that has been making wild rounds online. There are few more interesting stories all told in her unique and simple style. Her observations about the incidents in her life are noteworthy. The book has 179 pages and costs Rs.250. Go for it. Peep into the world of ordinary people who have extraordinary lives.

3000 stitches is an outstanding perspective loaded book with 11 stories inspired by the authors life. From Devdaasis to the Ganga snaan. This book is loaded with little heart warming anecdotes which are full of positivity and courage. The writing style is extremely easy to read and understand. @sudhamurty jis charm , simplicity and the zest to brinf about change in people's life is just so gratifying. She has even mentioned some popular and controversial incidents such as the ' cattle class ' one !- I actually wanted to applaud her while reading this book ! Self acceptance, education, integrity and patriotism - these are just a few of the things that will make you fall in love with this literary gems !

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Yes it is about ordinary people. But how they have contributed to making her life so meaningful is very well explained by her. Every incident brought a new insight to living, softly in simple language and structure that is very easy to read. But the impact it has on the reader is something to be experienced and cannot be merely explained with words here. There is humour as well as pathos which are beautifully delivered in her inimitable style. I laughed my heart out in some of the stories and really felt bad about how we could have made some of the system flourish if all of us did have a heart. The narration about Alcoholics Anonymous really moved me. One affected person complained Why God made alcohol. I would say God made grapes. We made alcohol out of it. Very insightful, in-depth, invigorating. After you read the book you will come out with a new perspective about people and their problems. Also the creativity about some of the contemporary day children is brought out in one story. Also I came to know how Infosys Foundation worked. Like the silvern moon it walks slowly, silently in its silvern shoes. Well, who this book is for? For anyone who wants to learn from other's experiences in life rather than learn the hard way. Why did I dislike? Why did the book end so soon? Well that reminds me to buy and read another book of her's. Well I think I am becoming a Sudha addict!!! The title however is quite mysterious. The book on the contrary is a real eye-opener!!! It is a heady wine. Taste it to know. You won't mind the addiction.

Three thousand stitches A Pearls of Wisdom Collection from Sudha Murty's Life. This was the first time I was reading Sudha Murty and whatever I had heard about her writing was not just enough. She really has a magic in her pen and a midas touch in words. The stories were made so interesting that one cannot leave without completing. The story collection of Three Thousand Stitches is a set of true stories and incidences lived by Sudha Murty in her life. Some of them are experiences that impacted her way of thinking while others are the great work done under her leadership with Infosys Foundation. Though the book has 11 such touching stories, few of them were really shaking the human behaviour and our beliefs. The story about her father helping a young village girl during her pregnancy. He helped the girl escape post delivery because her family might have killed her. She was a mother without marriage and she belonged to an Orthodox family. Post escape she never met the doctor and neither the doctor remembered the case. But after decades doctor who is the father of Sudha Murty is incidentally meeting the girl he operated for delivery. The girl was now well settled in life, had a great job as a nurse and her child was a lady gynecologist. The hospital they were running was named after the name of father of Sudha Murty. One more touching story was about the workers in middle East those who went to th at country to seek fortunes but their employers were giving them tough time, making them live in inhumane conditions. Their passports were in possession of their masters. Each of the victim had a very heart touching story of their life. One of the NGO was helping such indians by securing their passports from embassy and crowdsourcing for their tickets back to home. Sudha Murty promised to sponsor such air tickets and delayed her plans of Infosys Foundation's own office premises. The last story in the book would also shake you up with alcoholic de addiction process of an organization called AA, Alcoholic Anonymous. The story started with a girl having high rated academic credentials but low confidence to talk and express. When Sudha ji asked the reason, she told the story of her childhood and how her liquor addict father was making their family's life miserable. Sudha Murty tried to understand the problem of such alcoholic addiction with another such person in her reference. To further study she listened to his story of how the addiction started and how he came out of this life threatening and anti social anti family habit of alcohol drinking. The NGO called AA has taken an socio scientific path for de addiction of such people. Some of stories are good to read but less you can take home from them but since it is from Sudha Murty, you can't miss to read them all.

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I enjoyed reading the book. I like authors thoughts and her writing process. Every story has a hidden moral that you realize n get a connected. But I was a little disappointed as the name of the book n story of devadasi was opener to the book. I was expecting that stories are all based on different devadasi’s there personal life and how they felt etc but what I was expected wasn’t there the subject jumped from place to place. Though I jumped but I did enjoyed the read