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We told you previously how Narayan Murthy proposed to Sudha, here is the story after that...
In those days, Murthy was always broke. He always owed me money. We went Dutch on our dates. At dinner he would often say, I don't have money, you pay my share, I will return it to you later. For three years I maintained a book on Murthy's debt to me. No, he never returned the money and I finally tore it up after my wedding. The amount was a little over Rs 4000.
PART 1
Sudha Murthy reminisces:
It was in Pune that I met Narayan Murthy through my friend Prasanna who is now the Wipro chief, who was also training in Telco. Most of the books that Prasanna lent me had Murthy's name on them, which meant that I had a preconceived image of the man. Contrary to expectations, Murthy was shy, bespectacled and an introvert. When he invited us for dinner, I was a bit taken aback as I thought the young man was making a very fast move. I refused since I was the only girl in the group. But Murthy was relentless and we all decided to meet for dinner the next day at
The next day I went there at
My friends insisted that Murthy was trying to impress me because he was interested in me. I kept denying it till one fine day, after dinner Murthy said I want to tell you something. I knew this was it. It was coming. He said, "I am 5'4" tall. I come from a lower middle class family. I can never become rich in my life and I can never give you any riches. You are beautiful, bright, and intelligent and you can get anyone you want. But will you marry me?" I asked Murthy to give me some time for an answer.
My father didn't want me to marry a man who did not have a steady job…
To be continued…
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