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What is more important: a successful career or a happy marriage? In the small town of Hubli, Shrikant discovers that he is attracted to his plain-looking but charming neighbour Shrimati, who always does better than him in the school exams. Shrimati too falls in love with the amiable and handsome Shrikant and the two get married. Shrikant joins an IT company and starts rapidly climbing the corporate ladder. He works relentlessly and reaches the pinnacle of his industry, while Shrimati abandons her academic aspirations and becomes his uncomplaining shasow, silently fulfilling her duties as a corporate leader’s wife. But one day, while talking to an old professor, she starts examining what she has done with her life and realizes it is dismally empty... Gently Falls the Bakula is the story of a marriage that loses its way as ambition and self-interest take their toll. Written nearly three decades ago, Sudha Murty’s first novel remains startlingly relevant in its scrutiny of modern values and work ethics.
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Hansika Poddar
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December 17, 2022
This book is a wonderful book....It potrays the life struggles an Indian woman faces in Marriage life and life with her in-laws, with her husband and her own desires to achieve in life....It's a must read book!! Mrs.Sudha Murty, the author has wonderfully potrayed the book in simple language.
A Google user
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February 26, 2017
The language is very simple. And the taught is excellent and the way she tells who relationships are more important than money. Thank you SUDHA MURTHY mam for your wonderful books.🌹
Kavita Thule
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December 29, 2019
The story is showing the reality What happens And is full of twist and turns The protagonist Shrimati is a strong woman who plays a beautiful role inside the story by challenging the Injustice The author Sudha Murthy has done an outstanding work in evoking the emotion in the readers mind. I request anyone and everyone to read this book which make you reflect upon something and might inspire you.
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