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I received many awards on various occasions. One of them was the Economic Times
Award given to Infosys Foundation. As a trustee, I was invited to receive this award. At
that time, I remembered my guru. Now she was a student in USA. I told her, ‘At least for
one day you must come for this award ceremony in Bombay. If you had not woken me up
at the right time, I would not have been receiving it today. I want you to be present.’

I will remain indebted to Akshata forever for the way she
indebted: owing gratitude for a
service or favour made me change my life and the lesson she taught me.

—Sudha Murty

About the Author
Sudha Murty is an Indian engineering teacher who excels as an author in Kannada, Marathi and English language. She is
mainly known for her philanthropic work. She previously served as the Chairperson of the Infosys Foundation and is the wife
of the co-founder of Infosys, N R Narayana Murthy. Akshata Murty is the First Lady of the United Kingdom. She’s the wife of
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Time to answer

A. Choose the correct option.

1. Who is the narrator of the story?

Sudha Murty Akshata Murty

Mary Anand Sharma

2. Whom does the narrator consider her guru?
JRD her grandfather

Akshata Murty her husband

3. Why does the narrator call the conversation between Akshata and Mary at Lalbagh as

‘unusual’?

because Akshata and Mary had gone to Lalbagh for the first time

because Akshata and Mary were sensitive children

because Mary did not know about the various colours as she was blind and Akshata
could not explain the concept to Mary

because Mary was overwhelmed after seeing all the different colours

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