A story of how money corrupts the way people look at one another and how it can almost tear a family apart Vinuta marries Girish, a bank clerk, and starts living with his family in Bangalore. She adjusts to her new family well, looking after her husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law Gouramma, not taking to heart her mother-in-law's constant picking. But when Girish's elder brother Chandru, who is in the US, decides to get married, Vinuta has to listen to the constant comparisons made between her and Chandru's wife, the 'Dollar Bahu', whose husband earns the valuable dollars that has brought the family its recent affluence. Vinuta slowly loses her peace of mind and health. Then Gouramma decides to visit her US-based son and daughter-in-law. Once there, she sees how liberating life can be, away from the strict norms that govern Indian middle-class life. But she also begins to understand that mere dollars cannot buy the love and respect that she gets as her due back in India. Does Gouramma forge a new relationship with Vinuta and can Vinuta forgive and forget the past?.
Product Details
Format: Paperback | 150 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0143103768
ISBN-13: 9780143103769
Publisher: Penguin Random House India
Publication date: 11 Dec 2007
Category: Fiction
Dimensions: (WxH): ? 5 x 8 inches
Weight: 132 g
Author: Sudha Murty
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sudha Murty is the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation in India. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. She started her career as a development engineer and has also taught computer science at Bangalore University colleges. Sudha Murty is a prolific writer in Kannada and English. She is a columnist for English and Kannada dailies with twenty-nine books and 200 titles to her credit. Her books have been translated into all major Indian languages. She has been honoured with various awards for her philanthropic and literary efforts. She has also received the Padma Shri from the Government of India as well as seven honorary doctorates from universities in India.
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