What is more important: a successful career or a happy marriage?
In the small town of Hubli, Shrikant discovers that he is attracted to his plain-looking but charming neighbour Shrimati, who always does better than him in the school exams. Shrimati too falls in love with the amiable and handsome Shrikant and the two get married. Shrikant joins an IT company and starts rapidly climbing the corporate ladder. He works relentlessly and reaches the pinnacle of his industry, while Shrimati abandons her academic aspirations and becomes his uncomplaining shasow, silently fulfilling her duties as a corporate leader’s wife. But one day, while talking to an old professor, she starts examining what she has done with her life and realizes it is dismally empty…
Gently Falls the Bakula is the story of a marriage that loses its way as ambition and self-interest take their toll. Written nearly three decades ago, Sudha Murty’s first novel remains startlingly relevant in its scrutiny of modern values and work ethics.
Product Details
Format: Paperback | 176 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0143103776
ISBN-13: 9780143103776
Publisher: Penguin Random House India
Publication date: 14 Feb 2008
Category: Fiction
Dimensions: (WxH): ? 5.12 x 7.76 inches
Weight: 152 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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