Sunday, October 7, 2007

NARAYAN MURTHY-THE ROMANTIC

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 7.30p.m. At Green Fields hotel on the Main Road, Pune.

The next day I went there at 7 o'clock since I had to go to the tailor near the hotel. And what do I see? Mr. Murthy waiting in front of the hotel and it was only seven. Till today, Murthy maintains that I had mentioned (consciously!) that I would be going to the tailor at 7 so that I could meet him... And I maintain that I did not say any such thing consciously or unconsciously because I did not think of Murthy as anything other than a friend at that stage. We have agreed to disagree on this matter. Soon, we became friends. Our conversations were filled with Murthy's experiences abroad and the books that he has read.

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…

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey,hey so NRM is human after all!

Janardhan said...

IT is the first blog that I am reading about one of my Distant Gurus and how interesting it is. Though I belong altogether to a different area (Ayurveda) I always keep looking upto Narayan Murthy sirs achievement as an example for me to follow. One of the things that I remember about him without consciousness is that he never watched a movie for as long as twenty years, in whic period, he was totally immersed in his work. Thank u Sudha Madam for letting me know some inside stuff of the man.

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