Three Thousand Stitches: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives

by Sudha Murty

‘Well, if you want to change them, then you have to change yourself first. Change your attitude. Of course, it’s your decision in the end.’

God, I don’t need a kingdom nor do I desire to be an emperor. I don’t want rebirth or the golden vessels or heaven. I don’t need anything from you. O Lord, if you want to give me something, then give me a soft heart and hard hands, so that I can wipe the tears of others.’

Banaras: City of Light by Diana L. Eck.

It is a running joke that the number of authors exceeds the number of readers these days.