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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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book is available online for convenient shopping. You can bag this book from Amazon.in today by following a few easy steps.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSudha Murty is a social activist and worker and also a prolific writer in Kannada and English. She is well known for her social work as the chairperson of Infosys Foundation. 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