fairness, apart from being a philanthropist. He really believes in the motto, 'Powered by intellect and driven by values'.

He is none other than Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy, the founder of Infosys, a leading IT company in the world.

About The Author

Sudha Murthy, the wife of N.R. Narayana Murthy, is an Indian social worker and author. Murthy began her professional career as a computer scientist and engineer. She is the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. She has founded several orphanages, participated in rural development efforts, supported the movement to provide all Karnataka government schools with computer and library facilities, and established the 'The Murthy Classical Library of India' at Harvard University. Murthy also teaches Computer Science, she composed fiction, Dollar Sose. The present story is a selection from one of her most successful stories 'How I Taught my Grandmother to Read & Other Stories.'

Glossary

mandap (n)     :      a raised platform

D-Day (n)      :      a date on which something important is expected to happen; (From the name given to June 6, 1944, the day on which the U.S., British, and other armies landed on the beaches of northern France in the Second World War.)

Anna (n)      :     a word used to address a respectable elder or older male

icon (n)      :     a famous person or thing that people admire and see as a symbol of a particular idea, way of life, etc

philanthropist (n)      :     one who devotes his service or wealth for the love of mankind




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