Indians believe that you must serve your guests well, for they come to your house in the form of god. This is the exact mentality Sudha Murty’s hosts have when she goes to volunteer in a small village in Odisha. Because of the heavy rain, Murty decides to take shelter in one of the villagers’ hut—already low on supplies, what are the hosts ready to give up in order to serve their guest? Murty delves into the great extent hosts are willing to go to in order to please their guests. Read more to see what Sudha learns about the Indian values.

When Sudha Murty runs into Satish, a young boy she knew from her village, years after she’d last seen him, it is just before his wedding—he is betrothed marrying Murty’s friend’s daughter. Murty knew of Satish and his family, and had even helped fund Satish’s education years ago. However, after Satish meets Murty, he cancels the wedding. The turn of events involving Satish and his family’s decisions make Murty wonder: Is there such a thing as bad help? Read on to find out how Murty deals with bad situations borne out of good intentions.

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Extraordinary stories about ordinary people’s lives Over the years, Sudha Murty has come across some fascinating people whose lives make for interesting stories and have astonishing lessons to reveal. Take Vishnu, who achieves every material success but never knows happiness; or Venkat, who talks so much that he has no time to listen. In other stories, a young girl goes on a train journey that changes her life forever; an impoverished village woman provides bathing water to hundreds of people in a drought-stricken area; a do-gooder ghost decides to teach a disconsolate young man Sanskrit; and in the title story, a woman in a flooded village in Odisha teaches the author a life lesson she will never forget. From the bestselling author of Wise and Otherwise and The Old Man and His God, this is another heart-warming collection of real-life stories that will delight readers of all ages.

Savitri is known to be a major gossipmonger among the teachers in her college. Once her colleagues recognize her nature, they begin avoiding her, leaving Savitri alone and desperate to find people to gossip with. When Sudha Murty somehow manages to become a victim of Savitri’s stories, she learns how Savitri twists words and creates news out of nothing. Murty is against everything Savitri stands for. So what happens when people who are so different collide? Read on.

Ever since Vishnu was in school, all he ever wanted was to make a lot of money and become successful. A few years later, he lands a job at a software company and gains what he desires—success! However, he learns pretty soon that only success doesn’t make a man’s heart full. What he needs now is to figure out how to find the other pieces in the jigsaw puzzle of happiness. Read on to travel with Vishnu on this journey of discovery.

History is a dead subject of the past that gives us information about dead people and incidents.' This is what Rajiv, a young and bright student of computer science, believes. He doesn’t think it makes sense to study a course of events that are of no use today. However, as his teacher makes it her responsibility to prove him wrong, she takes him on a trip to a small town. Will Rajiv recognize the significance of history over the course of a school trip? Read more to find out!

Sudha Murty explores how a single moment of kindness can change an entire life. Chitra was an abandoned girl alone on a train without a ticket. Sudha couldn't bear to leave a girl alone on the railway station late at night. What could she do? How much responsibility can one woman take for a the life of a strange girl child? Sudha Murty deftly explores the tenderness of selfless, small actions, and how a single person can make all the difference in the world.

Every one of us has a life-affirming story to tell... The inspiring true stories of the interesting people who inhabit the pages of Sudha Murty’s books leave an indelible impression on us. But the books are able to chronicle the stories only of the men and women Mrs Murty has come across personally in the course of her social work. There must be so many more wonderful stories that scores of others have to share. Something Happened on the Way to Heaven is a collection of twenty such memorable true-life stories. Handpicked by Sudha Murty from entries submitted in an open competition run by Penguin, they capture the hope, faith, kindness and joy that life is full of even as we make our way through the daily grind. Moving and uplifting, this is an anthology that will engross and delight every reader who believes in the goodness of the human heart.