Her grandma s strange request becomes the title of the book and the first short story in this anthology. A very delicate and beautifully written book, you feel how honest and truthful it is, and that it comes from the heart of the author.

The book is more than a story, as it carries a motivational facet and probably the valuable teachings of life. There are many gripping stories about Sudha Murty's students, children as well as stories across India. One of the simple pleasures of the author s grandmother was listening to her granddaughter narrate the story of Kashi Yatre, a lady who sacrificed her life s savings to help out the needy, appearing in the weekly magazine Karmaveera. The book is not a great book, but will always be close to my heart for the various small stories that touched upon the humane aspects. As a bright woman from a simple middle class family with a liberal upbringing, Sudha Murthy reminds one of a school teacher and her stories have an instructive tone to them.The first title in the anthology, How I Taught My Grandmother to Read has been included in the CBSE Class 9 English syllabus. One may safely conclude that this rich harvest of stories, How I Taught My Grandmother and Other Stories is marked by fidelity to truth and beauty.

Because in this country of 1 billion people we have heard some stories from childhood that have a lot of moral value. The language used is simple and this makes it easily understandable and approachable to young readers.Still I bought This book and started to read the book,every day I tread One story and every story taught me a lesson which I implemented in my daily life. How I Taught my Grandmother to Read and Other Stories” is her first book for children and is a collection of 24 short stories.