Gently Falls: The Bakula – Sudha Murthy (Paperback)

• ASIN:  0143103776

• Publisher:  Penguin India; Latest Edition (14 February 2008)

• Language:  English

• Perfect Paperback:  176 pages

• ISBN-10:  9780143103776

• ISBN-13:  978-0143103776

• Item Weight:  200 g

• Dimensions :  13 x 1.2 x 19.7 cm

• Country of Origin:  India

• Generic Name:  BOOK

• Condition: New

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Gently Falls: The Bakula is a realistic-fictional read from Sudha Murthy, a profound writer and the Chairperson of Infosys Foundation. In this book, Sudha has boldly presented the agony of work ethics and modern lifestyle. The story is about a young couple Shrikant and Shrimati, and the changes they come across when Shrikant walks up the corporate ladder to the peak of success, while his married life slowly loses the charm and identity. With a magnificently straightway of writing, this book brings a simple but heart-touching story of a couple and the events that shake their life.

Shrikant has always been attracted towards Shrimati, his school companion, and after Shrimati also realizes having fallen in love with Shrikant, both get married. After Shrikant joined an IT company, he dedicates his entire focus to be successful in his career. Shrimati dilutes her own aspirations and stays back at home supporting Shrikant. Shrikant has turned into a successful corporate person while Shrimati has been with him in his journey. The life of both was fine until one-day Shrimati realizes while speaking to an old professor about what she had missed in her life. In the modern work style, she had lost her own identity, while just remaining the wife of a successful man.

This story of Shrimati’s confession to her inner emptiness and the extraordinary presentation of the dark side of corporate lifestyle is the main theme of the book. The readers would find the book to be a philosophical and beautiful depiction of a common topic and would be able to relate to many lives around. Penguin India published Gently Falls: The Bakula in 2008 in paperback.