Though it is the worst way to be in the papers. Incidents like these are publicity stunts, people will do anything to get into the papers. If the girl is young, then her parents have a say in it at best. Who are these people to talk about what the girls should wear. Incidents like the recent Mangalore attacks on girls-did the moral policing anger you? We love libraries, so we built our own libraries. We also watch cricket together, but I enjoy going to the stadium and watching, while he doesnвЂ™t. When we do manage some time together, Murthy and I enjoy reading and love listening to Kannada songs. So far Murthy has not asked me about the spoons, so things are fine I guess. Someone told me that you know your husband has retired if he picks fights in the kitchen saying the spoons are not clean. So now he has time to do some short holidays. For the first time in several years, we travelled with my sisters to Burma last week. I travel 20 days a months and he is also travelling. Narayana Murthy) having retired, do you get more time together? With NRN (husband and Infosys founder N.R. Now, with my granddaughter Krishna, who is just 15 months old, I just canвЂ™t wait for her to grow up so I can tell her stories. In fact, they say, never start talking to Amma, else she will start narrating a story.

So Rohan and Akshata grew up listening to several stories? Her venture is on a break right now because she is expecting her second baby. She was good at it and from a young age has been very critical of my dressing sense. We are a family oriented towards academics. We still enjoy attending classical classes together. And thatвЂ™s how the project of the Murty Classical Library of India was born. ThatвЂ™s what we do together as mother and son. When I saw the Loeb series, we discussed that Indian literature should also have one such. When I go to Boston, I tell Bill (thatвЂ™s what she calls Rohan, itвЂ™s just a name that stuck), take me to Indian literature classes. Your son Rohan is involved in a literary project to revive Indian classics through the Murty Classical Library of India. This book is dedicated to my daughter-in-law Lakshmi and my son-in-law Rishi. I am not ritualistic, but I am religious. We have created 50,000 libraries, given more than 10,000 students scholarships. So every area that we deal with is close to my heart. I am the daughter of a doctor so the healthcare work is important, I am a teacher so education is important, I am a woman who fights for equality so gender issues are key. When I joined, the foundation was a baby and I the mother. People laughed at me because the foundation is not a person. Five years ago, I dedicated the book The Old Man and His God to the Infosys Foundation. What role does working at the Infosys Foundation play in your life? That is not the case with money, you have to draw the line yourself. You can eat one roti and then the second one will make you full. Money is here only to help us and to some extent you need it to build a house, to travel. You have to struggle to keep you head on your shoulders. Because suddenly you have admirers, suddenly you have new friends. It was not easy for me personally either. It was very important to teach them the value of money and have the normal values of life.

But there is a world outside that is always telling them that they are worth so many shares and what not. I tried my best to bring up my children by telling them that they had no money. Very few people are able to keep their heads on their shoulders when money is in the picture. You have mentioned in your book that few people withstand the lure of money.

So I write early in the morning for two to three hours. Particularly when I am writing a novel I am very deeply involved and donвЂ™t even like taking phone calls. So local languages are far more satisfying. I feel better when I connect with the masses. My novels are always in Kannada because I express myself better in Kannada. And always wondered who will publish or read my books. I wrote essays and in my teen years I used to write sorrowful sad stories and poems as you do at the age (laughs). Work ethic: Murty says the Infosys Foundation has created 50,000 libraries and given more than 10,000 students scholarships.

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