The Circle of Life - Hardcover

by Sudha Murty (Author)

Uttara Rao, Janaki Paranjape, Arvind Shah, K. Subba Rao and Sumitra Iyer first cross each other's paths at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 1999. Coming from vividly different backgrounds, the five soon became friends. As they navigate relationships, careers and life, they vow to come back to the campus twenty-five years later. A story of hardships, perseverance, success and disappointment, the book examines the lives of five friends as they look back and reminisce on how life turned out. Life has indeed come to a full circle for them. Inspirational and poignant, The Circle of Life is a moving story of five friends as they deal with life's great expectations.

Author Biography

Sudha Murty was born in 1950, in Shiggaon, north Karnataka. Author, philanthropist, educator, public speaker and engineer, Sudha Murty completed her master's in computer science from IISc, Bangalore. She is the founder of Infosys Foundation and the Chairperson of the Murty Trust. A bestselling author with more than three hundred titles to her acclaim, some of her most famous books are Three Thousand Stitches, Dollar Bahu and Wise and Otherwise. She writes in English and Kannada and her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages and have sold more than 60 lakh copies around the country.

Over the years, Sudha Murty has been recognized with many prestigious awards including the Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri from the Government of India in 2023 and 2006 respectively, Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2023, the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature in 2006, the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award in 2020, Lokmanya Tilak and Mahatma awards in 2024. She was also awarded the Rajyotsava and Attimabbe award for excellence in Kannada literature from the Government of Karnataka in 2000 and 2012. Sudha Murty has received 19 honorary doctorates from various universities across India. Currently, she is also serving as the President Nominated Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha.