<p>Bengaluru: Writer and Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty launched her 300th book title, <em>Grandpa’s Bag of Stories</em>, on Sunday. A collection of 19 stories for children, the book is published by Puffin, an imprint of Penguin. </p>.<p>Sharing her journey with columnist and actor Twinkle Khanna, Sudha said that as an engineer-turned-writer, she was slightly scared when she first published her Kannada book, 40 years ago. “But today, when I look back at this journey, I feel writing has given me a sense of purpose and belongingness, and a way to transcend time and touch hearts,” she said. </p>.<p>Sudha has authored 46 books, which have been translated into 23 different languages, including Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia, Konkani, Tibetan, Urdu, Assamese, Sanskrit, Kashmiri and Italian. </p>.<p>Having written in six different genres so far, Sudha said that she would like to experiment in writing shlokas with her next project. </p>.Let me finish my term as Rajya Sabha member, then I'll write a story set in Parliament: Sudha Murthy.<p>Responding to Twinkle’s question on the title of her new book, Sudha said, “The grandpa (Narayana Murthy) does not have stories to tell children. I do. So in my voice, I told his stories in my new book. He would rather write books titled ‘Python for Six-Year-Olds'."</p>.<p>She said writing for children requires the narrative to be carefully filtered, thus making it a prolonged and tedious process. She said she takes suggestions from children according to which the book undergoes multiple stages of editing. </p>.<p>The book launch was followed by an interaction with the audience, moderated by social entrepreneur Deepa Rao Acharya. Several industrialists, entrepreneurs, writers and children participated. </p>
<p>Bengaluru: Writer and Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty launched her 300th book title, <em>Grandpa’s Bag of Stories</em>, on Sunday. A collection of 19 stories for children, the book is published by Puffin, an imprint of Penguin. </p>.<p>Sharing her journey with columnist and actor Twinkle Khanna, Sudha said that as an engineer-turned-writer, she was slightly scared when she first published her Kannada book, 40 years ago. “But today, when I look back at this journey, I feel writing has given me a sense of purpose and belongingness, and a way to transcend time and touch hearts,” she said. </p>.<p>Sudha has authored 46 books, which have been translated into 23 different languages, including Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia, Konkani, Tibetan, Urdu, Assamese, Sanskrit, Kashmiri and Italian. </p>.<p>Having written in six different genres so far, Sudha said that she would like to experiment in writing shlokas with her next project. </p>.Let me finish my term as Rajya Sabha member, then I'll write a story set in Parliament: Sudha Murthy.<p>Responding to Twinkle’s question on the title of her new book, Sudha said, “The grandpa (Narayana Murthy) does not have stories to tell children. I do. So in my voice, I told his stories in my new book. He would rather write books titled ‘Python for Six-Year-Olds'."</p>.<p>She said writing for children requires the narrative to be carefully filtered, thus making it a prolonged and tedious process. She said she takes suggestions from children according to which the book undergoes multiple stages of editing. </p>.<p>The book launch was followed by an interaction with the audience, moderated by social entrepreneur Deepa Rao Acharya. Several industrialists, entrepreneurs, writers and children participated. </p>