Later, when she traveled a lot through her job, especially in Bihar and the US, it provided her great exposure and many new experiences, which were there in her first novel in 1979. In one of her famous short stories, How I Taught My Grandmother to Read, she beautifully expressed her initial romance with literature.
“When I was a girl of about twelve, I used to stay in a village in north Karnataka with my grandparents. In those days, the transport system was not very good, so we used to get the morning newspaper only by afternoon. The weekly magazine used to come one day late.
All of us would wait eagerly for the bus, which brought the newspapers, weekly magazines and the post.” She feels she is a writer who loves to follow her heart. “Most of the books I have written are based on my life experiences and observations. So, I don’t have to create any fictitious situation. Writing is my hobby and I only write, when I am full with thoughts,” she said. Sudha’s compassion for animals is extraordinary. On asking about when she had her first pet, she said, “When I was six years old, I had a pet named Moti – a pariah.
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