A Philanthropist Speaks: "Lessons from Life"

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Sudha Murty is an Indian social worker and an accomplished author. She is the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation and is known for her philanthropic work through the Infosys Foundation. Among other things, she has initiated a move to provide all government schools in Karnataka with computer and library facilities. An MTech in computer science, she teaches computer science to postgraduate students. A prolific writer in English and Kannada, she has written nine novels, four technical books, three travelogues, one collection of short stories and three collections of non-fiction pieces. Her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages and have sold over 150,000 copies. She was awarded the Padmashree in 2006.

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A Philanthropist Speaks: "Lessons from Life"

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  • Gives the direction ...

    Gives the direction to the peole who wants to be phlonthropists.

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  • She is really a ...

    She is really a simplest person ever seen. May be the simplicity is the trademark of great people like Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa. May god bless her and help her in all the ways in the field she is working in.
    "It is so simple to be happy, but it is so difficult to be simple"

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  • She is really an ...

    She is really an ideal and showed what we should focus on life.She is really doing wonders with personal touch.The greatest difficulty is being in this fantasy world if one can be simple and is able to focus on her moral values is really an achievement. For her circumstances are not forcing her to be like that as she is vry rich but still she chose the diff path that is an achievement.I always saw NM's big house in fwd mails and never knew her till now.But now i will say that NM is SM's husband

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  • if there were more ...

    if there were more no. of rating stars(any no.) i would have always given the highest.

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  • I bow to this lady ...

    I bow to this lady for her blessings so that I can take such initiatives at my individual level and make the small difference I am looking forward to. The talk is awe inspiring and gives a big big boost to someone who can needs motivation to start up and realize his/her dreams.

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  • Mrs. Murty is so ...

    Mrs. Murty is so simple . May be this is the characteristic of great people. I wish that she would achieve what she wants to achieve in India. That would be a great example to Indian women specially. Because women play a key role in the development.Me heartiest best wishes for her.I would also like to do philanthropy in the future. Also thanks for posting this video. At least people can recognise the true heros. thanks.

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  • how is this more ...

    how is this more than 15 min?

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  • what a load of crap

    what a load of crap

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  • Truely inspiring, ...

    Truely inspiring, Thank you very much for posting.

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  • Every Indian has to ...

    Every Indian has to listen to do this.....She was so expressive in what she wanted to......Don't miss this....

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  • Nice Post. Must ...

    Nice Post. Must watch.

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  • Indeed, she is ...

    Indeed, she is truly a 'complete woman'. Her realistic approach to Corporate Social Responsility is commendable. She is the person who established more than 10,000 school libraries in more than 4 states. May her social endeavour continue always..

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  • she is so Inspiring ...

    she is so Inspiring to every true INDIAN,

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  • We have to learn a ...

    We have to learn a lot from this lady. She really reflects Indian women in general and a Kannadiga in particular.

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