Wise and otherwise (Record no. 560479)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780143062226 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | IIT Kanpur |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 920.054 |
| Item number | M969w |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Murty, Sudha |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Wise and otherwise |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Sudha Murty |
| Remainder of title | a salute to life |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Penguin Random House |
| Year of publication | 2006 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xii, 219p |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Understanding human and human nature is one of the toughest jobs .Many time what seems right and good or vice versa can be completely different if explored to proper depth. In many instance, we all come across people and forms an opinion about the people we meet without actually knowing anything about them. But hearing and learning about such instances helps us to redefine our thought process and become wiser. Sudha Murty’s book Wise and otherwise will take you to a journey across the length and breadth of India through narrations of 51 stories inspired by the extensive travels of the author herself. Wise and otherwise has generated interest not just as an inspirational book of people’s struggles and how they overcome it but also for its settings. It present a realistic picture of India with its values, traditions and imperfections and lay before the readers certain set of moral values whose validity they have to judge for themselves. It unravels human nature and shows all that is good and bad in it and how it is often shaped by intention and circumstances. From the story of a son who leaves his father in an old age home pretending he is a stranger to the story of earthquake aid being exploited and not reaching to victims, each story is a moving one and will generate myriads of emotions within the readers, ranging from anger to kindness to pity to the realisation of reality of the world. The book grabs the attention of the reader through its skilful narration of characters, setting and situations. The book is available online for convenient shopping. You can bag this book from Amazon.in today by following a few easy steps. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Novels -- English literature |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Koha item type |
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| General Stacks | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | 2019-07-02 | 920.054 M969w | GB1777 | 250.00 | Books |