Dollar Bahu

If only real life were like Sudha Murty's Dollar Bahu - In reality there is no ending where elders realise their mistakes and come to appreciate their daughter's in law. It is rare to even find a father in law who is fair and just. Human nature is such that everyone believes that what they are doing is correct and moral and expect others to behave according to their value system. A person who has a different point of view is always looked upon with suspicion and mistrust. Everyone thinks they are the hero of their story and anyone who does not see eye to eye becomes the villain. It's a great book with excellent values though. It gives one hope that life might have a fair ending for them too....

It was a great experience, reading the stories of Sudha murthy.Very simple language and I feels like a native story.I never miss a book of this great author and recommend others to read these books.

Very well written and showed the reality of people's behavior. We always fail to appreciate what we have and by the time we realize everything will go out of our hands. Thank you mam for writing such a realistic story.

I liked it!i don't usually read books by indian authors and that's because of my ignorance .i thought there were no good indian authors.turns out I am mistaken.this was a good book and as an indian woman living in the US can relate to the story in it....very good job

This is real life faced by Indian Diaspora outside India. I am a third generation Kenyan Indian who face similar situations when our children go to study in the Americas

It's a very nice family story. It tells you a lot about American way of life, Sudha Murthy is an excellent writer.

A really nice book from Sudha Murthy. This is my first book of her and i became fan of her writing. She has nicely pirtrayed the true circumstances of the indian families settled in U.S. I would recommmend it to my indian friends settled in US

Really cool book. It's a great book to learn how all Indian people run after dollar. The good and some bad things about American culture. Been a software engineer can relate to most of the people in the book.

Really nice book with a good moral story. Could not put it down and since its not too long managed to finish reading it in three hours.

Once again Sudha Murthy had done a tremendous job to satiate my reading appetite in "Dollar Bahu". I have realised that I can never go wrong with Sudha Murthy's book. Be it my sad mood, be it my learning mood, be it my mood where it is hard to even pick a book-Sudha Murthy stories suits me all time. 💰Growing up in an indigent milieu, Gouramma is gobsmacked when introduce to the world of " Dollars💲", as her elder son Chandru gets a promising job in America. What follows post-Chandru departure is the constant comparison between his wife Jamuna, who stays with him in America and Vinita, Gourmamma's younger son's Girish wife. Slogging all day and night between household chores and her job as a school teacher, Vinita still fails to get even a scintilla of appreciation from her mother-in-law. For Gourrama, money is the new, be-all and end-all.💰This kind of disparity is not uncommon in our society, where freedom and glory come to those owning big pockets. But is it right to get enamoured by just one side of the world? Money often manifests itself as the impetus behind the personality change of people. Due to this, most of us start to believe that it is forbidden fruit.💰Also, many times we think that money is the only key to happiness and forget about all the tiny things that can be our tiny land of sanity. Sudha Murthy through her story has thought us that love and affection can be more valuable than money.

The story very realistically describes the situation that actually exists in society where some people are so blinded by the glamour and money that a job in the US offers that they often neglect the other far greater things in life. It makes the reader ponder whether money and glamour of a high paying job in the US is what defines success and happiness in life, or are other things like love, relationships and family the more important things in life? What is also commendable about the book is that the it doesnt speak against pursuing a high paying job or success in a foreign country, but it portrays how some people working abroad are blinded by greed and the power of the dollar, while others are not. Everything can be balanced in life and money cannot buy all the happiness in the world! Sudha Murty’s writing is crisp and and the story will be relatable for many people.

Sudha murty mam...has a wonderful and simple way of writing which keeps the readers engrossed in her story... i read a lot of serious stuff on politics and caste based discrimination..but murty mams book act as a stress buster for me...once you pick up the book..you just cant keep it down.

In the story, the real difference in one's nature between the reality and the perfect image created by one's imagination is challenged. The book explores how baseless preferences and favoritism cause unnecessary harm and hurt to their own families. The book has been written in a concise yet beautiful manner that conveys in its entirety the meaning of the work. The style of writing is very straightforward and easy to understand. It is a short book. I would describe it as a domestic drama.